What happens to existing World of Warcraft trial accounts created before the Starter Edition was launched?
With the launch of the new World of Warcraft Starter Edition, we’ve removed time limitations from existing trial accounts that were created before the release of the Rage of the Firelands content update (patch 4.2), even if the trial accounts had previously expired. Existing active or expired trial accounts have been reactivated with no time limitation, allowing players to level characters they created to level 20. Please note that if a World of Warcraft trial account was previously upgraded to a paid account, it will not revert back to a trial account, even if the paid time is expired.