I recently purchased a 1-year subscription and I found the Swoopy pet and the Charming Courier mount listed under the “gifts” button in my battlenet app, so I clicked on the gift and it said it was awarded to me. But when I entered the game a few minutes later I could not find the Swoopy pet in my inventory.
I had already purchased the Charming Courier mount a few days prior to this from the store, so I’m not sure if this is causing me an issue or not.
Please advise.
This is only available in Cata Classic. Have you already taken a look there?
How do you figure it is only for Cata Classic? I’m actually flying the Charming Courier mount in Dragonflight as we speak.
Add the Charming Courier owl mount (with Skyriding!) to your multitude of mounts, spread your wings, and swiftly swoop into the skies! Purchase a 6-Month Subscription and get the Charming Courier mount for Modern, along with the Swoopy owl pet to journey with your Cataclysm Classic™ characters.
- Only available on WoW® Classic progression realms (currently Cataclysm Classic™)
- [Not available in World of Warcraft® Classic games]
On the store page for the 12 month promotion, the comparison chart says
“Swoopy pet in Cataclysm Classic™”
Odds are good that the battle pet will appear for Retail in the Shop or in the Trading Post. The Classic-only pet that came along with the Retail Jade Rabbit mount was offered in the Store a few months later (for about a month).
Yes. I see this now. Many thanks for you and the others who have pointed this out. I just would have thought that they were lumped in together into the same expansion.
Many thanks all who replied! 
I don’t know why the pet isn’t offered to Retail at the same time as for Classic, but it makes sense to throw some kind of a bone to Classic players.
As I said, this has the precedent of the Jade Rabbit mount and the Hoplet pet.