I had the same exact issue. I always trusted Airbnb for prompt payout and it did happen that way in the past.
But my faith is broken. Airbnb did not pay me and they did not even send me an email or text message notifying me.
I called and they told me "totally understand the frustation and will take care of this quickly", 3 days have passed since I called, nothing is happening yet. No payment, no email, nothing. I thought this is VERY unprofessionaly and absolutely not acceptable