Free server migration off dead/locked realms

I wholeheartedly agree that this is the appropriate use for transfers in theory. But, in practice, LOL, if only this were true! Transfers have been shamefully mismanaged throughout Classic’s history.

More to the point, OP you should have a free transfer available for any and all Classic Era characters to either The PvP West (Whitemane) or PvE East (Mankrik) clusters.

https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/000319945

You are sorely mistaken. I made a thread about this very topic (https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/classic-era-exploitation-of-free-transfers), over a year ago, covering a problem which began years prior. It still holds true and is the reason I’ve stopped playing WoW.

Here is more evidence that Classic Era Free Transfers are being abused to mule resources off low-pop realms: