Thanks. I am actually already registered with a club for more than a year, so I am eligible. What I was asking about is restrictions that SOA might have, not wanting a brand-new model available for a discount right away.
To answer my own question, I got a response from SOA_Blog over at NASIOC, where he confirmed that VIP won't be available right at model introduction:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showpost.php?p=27380683&postcount=2279