Ok so here is a little trick I found out to get 3 days of free time on an SoR account... I know this isnt much but it only took me about 2 minutes of acctual work so its worth it until blizz catches on
Normally an SoR gives you 7 days of free gametime and a combo cata upgrade/faction change/server xfer and a boost to 80
This will give you 10 days.. plus an acctual cata key emailed to you (same key applied to account but done a bit differently)
This is NOT a one time only event... it worked for me THREE TIMES so far
1- Buy an unmerged account or use an unmerged account that you already have (no bnet link pre-09)
2- Add this account to a battle.net account but DO NOT ADD ANY GAMETIME
3- Send a scroll of ress to the account but DO NOT ACCEPT THE SCROLL
4- THIS IS IMPORTANT, you must log into the account on the website and select the option for cataclysm free trial (this gives you 10 days of free cata.. but does not boost your toon or give you any of the other rewards)
Accepting the cataclysm free trial will make you ineligible for SoR
DO NOT LOG INTO THE ACCOUNT AT THIS POINT (even though you can) JUST TO BE SAFE
At this point you have a cataclysm trial account with 10 days time... but no character services
5- The SoR will be in your email at this point.. but if you try and click it it will say you are ineligible for SoR due to having account time etc, OPEN A TICKET stating that you recieved a scroll of rez and that you linked your account to bnet but the scroll is not working and that if it isnt going to work you arent going to bother coming back.
6- Blizz will manually grant you a boost to 80, a level/faction change etc but the 10 days gametime will remain
and before people say "OMG BLIZZ IS ONLY GONNA DO THAT IF U HAVE A NICE GM ETC (and I know the rule about GM exploiting but this is a bit different)
It appears that this is a known issue at blizz and that this is the way they deal with the issue... I have done this 3 times over the course of a week and a half and EVERY TIME I have gotten a DIFFERENT GM but the exact same pre-written ticket response that states it will be dealt with shortly (this shows that they deal with it a lot.. and we can get away with it for some time most likely)
ALSO.. strangely every time I have done it my ticket has been answered within 1 hour
Enjoy your 3 free days!
here is some pics of my account with 10 days on it... and the strange reciepts I got in the mail for a $0 cata upgrade and a 0$ "character boost"
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