holy Cow, six new character slots, is this a bug?!

As the topic says, when I checked my character selection today I found six new character slot redemptions waiting for me.
At first I was overjoyed and spent the first four right away, then I paused and realized I would not be getting any new slots with either my vet reward or any according to the I20 patch notes.
So i now tremble for the safety of my account for being at risk of suspension for bug exploitation. But since I'm not sure if it's a bug or not, I don't know about putting this into the bug files.

So can anyone confirm if this is a bug or not?

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.