I just did it. My XBL expired in November 2021. Just upgraded for $1. No Gamepass needed. I didn't qualify for the $1 gamepass trial as i had done it before. Now I have Ultimate to December 2021.
Got my Darius/Nova order today. Everything was well packed.
Unfortunate about the soundtrack not looking like the picture, but I was going to buy the vanilla release anyway. This will have some lore to it.