Please allow me to give you my money Anet
You may have more luck contacting support through a ticket and asking how to switch from Deluxe to Ultimate.
Not sure what that would do. I’m pretty sure the customer service rep would bring my attention to what was stated publicly: Deluxe is not up-gradable to ultimate. I don’t think there is anything I can do about it really except express my woes publicly.
In the past, players have received refunds for their Digital Deluxe purchase, and then purchased the Ultimate edition.
You can discuss this possibility with the CS Team.
Good luck.
You can’t upgrade from Deluxe to Ultimate because the only difference is cheap gems. So there’s nothing for them to add to your account.
But Support may be able to refund the one you bought, so you can buy the Ultimate instead.
“Life’s a journey, not a destination.”
Ok, I guess I can try that. I’ll open a ticket later today.