Sorry if this gets a little complicated...
My account is only active for 21 days starting today, May 20th. It expires June 10th at 9:30AM. June 10th is a Tuesday, so I won't be able to log on then because maintenance ends after my account expires. Because of an upcoming move and some other junk I will not be renewing my account. It would be a waste of money. However, I want that legendary cloak. I just started the "Titan Runestone" portion of it. I'll be cutting it close, and with some luck I can pull off getting the cloak in the 3 weeks of game time I have left. A friend of mine got all of the Titan Runestones in 2 weeks on one of his alts, although I understand this is very uncommon.
Here's the tricky part.
I have friends staying with me next week starting Sunday. I'm hosting them for an entire week, so I will not be playing WoW in such a way that I can get Titan Runestones. I sent a ticket in to Blizzard to ask about "pausing" my account for the time and they said "Enjoy your vacation, and when you get back tell us you're back. We'll see how long it's been since you last logged in and credit you that time." I can effectively get 4 raid lockouts out of 3 weeks worth of game time because I'd pause it on Sunday, May 25th (their arrival) through Sunday, June 1st (their departure). That's give me 7 days extra, bumped from the Sunday. I'd be able to get into that extra half a week that way (remember, I normally wouldn't be able to use that last Tuesday because my account expires so early in the morning.
I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around this. Any way I can stay "on vacation" a few days more or less and get 5 raid lockouts if I "paused" and "played" on the right days? And before you ask why I want the cloak. Because, that's why. I know my account will be cancelled for months until Draenor comes out and I don't technically "need" it but goddamn I want it. Please don't discuss my reason for wanting it. I'm just here to discuss my lockout situation. Thanks!