so after a number of years i made 3 new toons on 3 accounts i have been running for at least 3 years without claiming veteran rewards,the server told me i had to have had the account for at least 1 year my oldest account his 16 years old.
so they could be broken il try after patch and then il petition,i was able to claim bags and mounts np .
It no longer matters if paid or not. Veteran rewards are given to all accounts now. Make sure you have logged out of all accounts to desktop and then log back in one at a time thru the patcher. Also the count is never right on the head thruout the year since it does a rounding based on previous free time and/or free trials so it can be stuck at that for many months but at the year mark it will correct itself. Mine sticks in the 300's.
also if you are bypassing the launchpad when you try to claim on a toon it bugs out and wont let you or at least I have had issues and noted other reporting the same issues. Make sure you connect via the launchpad if you intend to claim on a toon. Once claimed you are golden and the toon should be flagged and you can log out and log back in skipping the launcher if that's something you do.