Originally Posted by
gsalem94122
... If I am remembering correctly, only PP were automatically extended from end of Jan to end of April. It is a relatively recent phenomenon.
For the April PlusPoint extension, for the one year that occur, Nov 2019, it had to be request. The
relevant thread is in the wiki, The COVID extensions in 2020, 2021 & 2022 were automatic.
COVID extensions was entirely at different situation from the extension being discussed in this thread.
Originally Posted by
PsiFighter37
...Time for all the random COVID-era unwritten benefits to sunset.
This April extension pre-existed COVID, see the thread's wiki for the history
People are confusion the COVID extensions with the long time practice of extending a limited number of GPUs / PlusPoints for 90 days. This was partially done to address failed holiday upgrades that had no time to re-use.