Vindicarrion: That's actually surprising to hear.
Account loyalty is one of the easiest ways digital distributers reward their users; unless the last purchase made was like 4 years ago.
Purely anecdotal on my part, but from my experience, it doesn't seem the account age has anything to do with it. I've bought and given away over 150 games during the GOG sales and have never managed to snag a freebie that I can recall. I
have received a game code or two during other GOG events (one specifically geared toward long-time account holders), but never during the sale periods. As well, during one of the other Insomnia sales, I seem to recall seeing quite a significant number of newer account holders reporting that they received freebies. Again, purely anecdotal though.