My new Macbook Air came with old OS

I bought a new Macbook Air 13" (mid-2012) a few weeks back but it came with Lion installed instead of Mountain Lion. It seems that Apple has also closed their free update program page. Do you know if there is any way to get a free upgrade to Mountain Lion as it seems strange not to have it installed.

Yeah - just spend the $20 - much easier than wasting your time trying to figure out how to get the free upgrade.
I'm sure your time is worth more than the $20 you'll be spending.
I'll give you a little pointer - before you download and install Mountain Lion - invest $10 on a 8GB USB Stick.
Once you download Mountain Lion - it will try to install - cancel the install and create a USB Mountain Lion installer - that way, if you ever need to reinstall Mountain Lion in the future - you don't have to download it again.
Click on the link below on how to create one.
http://appducate.com/2012/12/install-os-x-mountain-lion-from-usb-flash-drive/

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