@proxos666 Yeah I for sure have at least 2 EA accounts. The one I'm posting from is linked to my Xbox Live and has no association to my SWTOR account (I've asked). It looks like if there was an EA account it was linked to my Gmail (the one I'm posting from is my Hotmail) because I have emails as far back as 2013 for that one. I'm unable to recover that one though which is where I think the problem might lay. EA chat told me to reset my password to recover my EA account but even when I type in my EA ID (TheVisionare) it says my account cannot be found. They said I must have used a different email address to sign up but this is the only other EA account (the one I'm posting from) that I have. If the account they closed after 2 years of inactivity is unrecoverable I'll be out of luck because I have no other way of resetting that account.
Thanks for the tip about the codes. I'll do that for Amazon and my Steam receipt later on if/when my account issue is resolved. I'm not super in need of having a working EA account linked to my SWTOR if it's permanently broken as long as I can add game time through the website, a code or via Steam. I remember something about pre 2019 and post EA and SWTOR or Origin accounts being wonky or something if I recall. Back in the day I didn't think we needed EA accounts to be linked (2011-2016ish or something) but maybe it did always make one for with your SWTOR login information. Could be wrong though it's been a while.
Thank you for your help!