I'm surprised it was ever allowed and hasn't been closed as well!
We actually had Platinum passes that were due to expire June 2020. They were extended last year, and we are now eligible to purchase new Platinum APs.
Our planned trips are: Dec. '21-Jan. '22 (block-out), Apr. '22 (non block-out), and then Oct/Nov '22. The impatient part of me wants to just buy the Platinum passes and be done with it. However, the upgrade from our current tickets to Gold APs would be about $205 total, while upgrading to Platinum would be $970.
Obviously, it makes sense to wait and hopefully upgrade to Gold, right?
If they close the loophole, then I guess we would upgrade to Platinum on our last day in Jan. '22 instead.
The only way we lose is if we pass on the current offer to buy Platinum APs, and they do not reinstate AP sales by January... but I can't see that happening. Consensus seems to be building that APs are coming back, probably by August?
I'm talking this out because I've been out of the Disney/DVC loop for several months, and just want to make sure my logic here makes good sense.