I very much like this post, some how your server is allowing you to connect through other servers. Not too many exploits or even mechanics allows you to do such things, very interesting...
+ rep good sir for a nice contribute!
I would also like to point out this is also happens when you're in a Random Dungeon Group. Try this: Join Random Dungeon group. You and another player both zone out (i.e ORG for repairs) and you will see their icon on the minimap even though they are on a different server. NOT an exploit.
Sounds nice.
I'll test this.
Blizzard may(and probably does) maintain an account with access to the elite section, but if we all adopted your mindset, they wouldn't need to - and nobody else would need to donate to see those occasional extras, and the webmaster would ultimately decide the upkeep wasn't worth their time(assuming the remaining donation influx even covered expenses)