I bought an Educational CS4 Design premium two years ago, now I want to upgrade to commercial Cs6 De

Having used the student edition which was purchased in full for quite a bit, I cannot find the migration path from one to another. Is an upgrade cs4-cs6 commercial eligible or will the upgrade be refused?

Yes. Academic versions carry fully upgrade to commercial rights.
But you should be aware that once January 1 rolls around you will not be eligible to upgrade since only CS5/5.5 will qualify and you may be better off moving to Creative Cloud. Intro pricing is very attractive. You can find details here http://www.adobe.com/products/discount-software-coupons.html
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