I bought SL 8 less than 2 weeks ago and was told that I qualified for the GP. I opened the eLicenser Control Center this morning (following the announcement) and hit repair. It changed SL 8 to Grace Period status. What followed was an overly convoluted exercise in logging into my account (via web browser), redeeming the GP voucher, opening the eCC again to authorize SL 9. Then I had to convert it to the Steinberg Activation Manager to move the license from eLicenser to the SAM.
It all worked, but was a lot of hoops to jump through.
Strangely, there was nothing from Steinberg about redeeming my GP. It was all a bit hunt and peck mixed with trial and error. As much money as I’ve invested in their products, they could be better with communication.
tg