Well, not sure how reliable this is... it came from my mother (so glad she doesn't read the DIS boards!

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BUT she told me yesterday that she received her VMK code for POTCO sometime earlier this week. She can't use it. Apparently, it's for new characters only, and she has no desire to start all over again on Pirates. It can't be applied to an existing character (or so she says.... need to add that disclaimer)
Really stinks if that's true.