I believe we were told that the free stuff, including the free month, will be given out on the 25th (I may have that date wrong).... which means if your regular time ran out before then, then of course you had to pay for another month... were you expecting them to let you play free up until the 25th, when the free month goes out?
Holy cow... they gave us a free month, which they didn't have to do. Some folks are looking a gift horse in the mouth.