Recruit-A-Friend

The Recruit-A-Friend, often referred to as RaF, program is a referral system, through which players can recruit friends or family members into World of Warcraft. When a player chooses to recruit someone, the recruit is emailed an activation key for a 10-day trial account. Accounts created through this referral become "linked" with the recruiter's account for 90 days. If the trial account is upgraded to a paid subscription, both the recruiter and the recruit gain benefits when they play World of Warcraft together.

How to recruit a friend
Log into Account Management and click on the "Recruit-A-Friend" button. This loads the referral page where a player can enter a friend's name and email address and a custom message.

Lasts for 90 days after the recruitment

 * Both the recruit and the recruiter can summon each other while partied. This "Summon Friend" ability has a 30-minute cooldown. The summoned character must be level 60 or below.
 * Both the recruit and the recruiter gain triple experience points (up to level 60) while partied and within 100 yards of each other.
 * This does not stack with rested XP, however killing mobs and farming nodes does not consume rested XP, either.
 * This does stack with the 10% XP bonus from heirloom items.
 * If both characters are not within 3 levels of each other, only the lower-level character will gain extra experience.
 * Veteran characters gain one "grantable" level for every two levels earned (up to 30 levels per character). Veteran characters may then grant these levels to the recruit's lower-level characters. When the characters are grouped, the veteran may target and right-click on the recruit character's nameplate and an option "Grant a Level" should appear in the context menu.
 * The character receiving the levels must be lower than the granter's level, and below level 60.
 * The character receiving the levels may decline the grant when prompted and then nothing happens.
 * The 90 days starts from the day the R-A-F invitation is accepted, not when the account is upgraded, so be certain when the link ends. This can be done from the recruitment status page under Account Management.
 * Any levels not already granted when the account link is broken are lost.
 * The level grants grant a complete level. The XP bar remains the same in the new level, so a final strategy is to work the recruit to level 59 with only 5% left to level 60 and then grant the last level. The recruit's character will then be 95% of the way to level 61.

Time-independent rewards

 * The recruiter receives a 30-day game credit for each recruit who upgrades to a paid subscription.
 * The recruiter receives a special mount after the recruit pays for at least 60 days of game time. Currently this mount is an ; before April 27, 2010, the recruiter received a  instead.

Original news announcement
Posted by: Frost &#124; 8-05-08
 * Earn an Exclusive Zhevra Mount with the New Recruit-a-Friend!
 * With the new Recruit-A-Friend program, you can earn an exclusive Zhevra mount, receive a FREE month of game time, and gain access to other exciting in-game benefits.  From the moment your friend creates a character and starts playing, you'll both earn triple the experience when grouped together and have the ability to summon one another from anywhere in the world.  Also, for every two levels of experience your friend earns, they can grant one level of experience to one of your lower-level characters.


 * To start recruiting your friends, click here.


 * For more details on the new Recruit-A-Friend program, please click here.