Info in the blue answers here: Burning Crusade Classic Realm Consolidation August 10.
Absolutely not. They didn’t, when they made a similar mistake just weeks ago. Instead, they even issued a warning, before closing the loophole: Free Transfers to Gehennas Closing Soon.
And for the transfers off HW, it is just what the posters before me said: They forgot and/or just don’t care. They won’t do anything. They have been proving that time and time again.