So, I’ve been slowly leveling this alt and I was like ‘Oh, maybe i can do the Tol Barad dailies for exp and the tabard’. So, I ride over to the SW Tol Barad portal and go though. … No quests, though all the mobs are one level above me. I’m 29 they’re 30. So, I figure oh well maybe i can do the dailies at 30.
I ride over to the portal back to SW and . . . the portal requires level 30 to use.
So to recap:
You can use the SW portal to Tol Barad below level 30.
You can’t use the Tol Barad portal back to SW until level 30.
Since I’m not in a guild and I just used my hearth before I got myself into this mess, I’m now stuck on Tol Barad for the next 25 minutes. 
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Want me to log in on my mage and port you out?
I’m on a break right now, don’t mind.
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Thanks for the offer but I’ll just grind mobs. I’ve got the Darkmoon exp buff so, eh, not a total loss.
Ok no worries! I’ve been stuck like that and I feel your pain!
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Thanks. I just… how do they put in a portal we can use below 30 and 30 and above to get back? LOL it’s just a player trap.
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Yeah, I don’t get it either, had the same thing happen about a month ago!
Hopefully your post helps get that some attention already!
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Lol I had that happen to an alt of mine who had been questing in Cata content before the level squish. She got squished to <30, but the portal to get back to Stormwind from Mt Hyjal requires level 30 to use.
Blizzard really didn’t think things through. I don’t understand the level requirements on portals at all.
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I don’t see why they should have a requirement.
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Right? Or you’d at least think the requirements would be the same or the other way around.
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Since nobody else has tossed this old chestnut out there yet, guess I’ll be that cow and do it. Ahem…
Small indie game development company.
Have a nice day!
/moo 
I have a lvl 20 sitting in deepholm and I can’t use the portal to orgimmar on him. The portals to cities having a requirement is dumb.
As a game as big as wow, there are things that will be overlooked. It’s just how long until things get fixed is mind-boggling to me. Do they not have some employees that play and run into these issues?