Can you upgrade the free Collector's Edition expansions received during the Anniversary Festival?

[blacknazgul13]

Pretty self-explanatory. I just want to know if it's possible to upgrade my Collector's Edition Minas Morgul, Mordor, and 3 Peaks expansions even though I didn't pay for them. I'm aware that you can't upgrade expansions pre-3 Peaks, but I just want to know. It would be preferable to get a blue name answer for this, but if you know as a player that's fine. I just don't want the thread getting clogged with needless speculation. If you can't say something useful, there's not much point posting it, after all

[Tralfazz]

Not possible. We’ve been told that there are back-office technical reasons that the older expansions can’t be upgraded as Gundabad (and now Before the Shadow) can. Here’s a thread with more detail:
https://forums.lotro.com/forums/show...nsion-Upgrades

As that thread suggests, you might keep your eyes peeled for holiday sales. I’ve seen some expansions as much as 75% off in such sales. I upgraded my base Minas Morgul to Ultimate that way last year, but it wasn’t really an upgrade – I paid full price, not the difference in price between the two – but the sale was so good it was even better than an “upgrade” would have been.

I read a thread some time ago (which I just looked for but couldn’t find) where a player claimed he sent in a ticket and requested an upgrade and was sent a link which allowed him to pay the difference between his existing base edition of Minas Morgul and the Ultimate Edition. There’s no way to know if that was truthful, however.

[blacknazgul13]

Okay, thanks! I'll try sending a ticket but if it goes on sale, I'll be ready!