Microsoft 365 Developer Program - Sandbox Eligibility

I was excited to hear all of the buzz around the revamped M365 Dev Program and eligibility for MAICPP participants (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/developer-program/microsoft-365-developer-program) especially for the sandbox subscription benefit:

Eligible MAICPP partner levels include:

• Azure Expert Managed Service Providers (MSP)
• Solutions Partners
• Specialization Partners
• Managed Partners
• Microsoft Action Pack Subscribers
• Partner Success Core Benefits Recipients
• Partner Success Expanded Benefits Recipients
• Partner Launch Benefits Recipients
• Legacy Gold/Silver Partners

However, when I log into my dashboard (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/profile), it says "you don't currently qualify for..." instead of the experience outlined in the help docs and announcements. Has anyone been able to provision a new M365 sandbox subscription with the new provisioning method?

I have reached out to partner support, but they referred me to the dev program alias and nobody there has replied.

I have also tried to use my Visual Studio subscription as mentioned in the docs, but that doesn't work either.

I did have a developer subscription before the overhaul (active 2-3 years ago) and, as part of trying to get a new sandbox, clicked on the "delete profile" button on my dashboard. Maybe it will "unlock" after the 60 day waiting period (as described in the docs), but this process seems way too difficult...especially with the new "automatic" eligibility check described in the updated process.

I'm currently using a prod tenant to do the things that I should be doing in a sandbox, so I hope there is an update that brings clarity to this program soon.

Has anyone been able to create a new sandbox since the program was updated last month? Any tips, tricks or contacts that can help with this?