WoW Classic & Refer a Friend (RAF)
WoW classic and Refer a Friend (RAF):
Note that WoW Classic does not technically have RAF by itself, only Retail WoW does. But that doesn't mean that Classic only players cannot get some of the benefits from the Retail RAF - you can still get the free game time for referring others or for referring yourself. Specifically once your referral(s) have created or resurrected their accounts and added 2, 5, 8 and 11 months worth of game time to their account, then you get a free month of game time on your account - this free month applies to both Retail and Classic (all of the cosmetic rewards - mounts, pets, etc, will only be added to your Retail account).
This works because everyone with a Classic account automatically has a Retail account - or vice versa depending on your point of view. The RAF user interface to invite others or to invite your own alt accounts is only in Retail. Additionally once your referrals have added game time to their accounts, you have to log-in to retail to collect the reward as well.
So yes, if you're a Classic only player, you have to create a level 1 char on Retail, then log-in and hit "O" to bring up the Friend List. Then select the tab for "Refer a Friend", and click the button at the bottom for "Recruitment". Here you can generate a link to send to someone else or to use yourself.
I personally didn't have any expired accounts that were eligible. I've been paying for 3 subs for years now, but figured I'd get back into 5-boxing on Classic. So I just used the referral link to create 2 new WoW accounts within my existing Battle Net account. I then added a subscription for those 2 new accounts, logged back in to retail and I was immediately able to select the 1st and 2nd RAF rewards (a pet and 30 days free game time). On the retail screen it showed me that my main account's game time had been extended for 30 days.
This may be noted elsewhere, but I didn't see it on 1st search. Hope it helps gets a few more boxers into Classic.
