Sorry to sound like a broken record, but I, too, have been largely unsuccessful transferring a permanent activation key from one Mac to a newer, replacement Mac.
Following the simple instructions at http://kb.parallels.com/en/122653, I uninstalled Parallels v.10 on one machine and tried to apply its license key on a replacement Mac. I own 13 (15?) permanent license keys, and I don't know which one might have been used on the older Mac, but none of them worked on the newer machine. I'm trying to do the same thing on a total of 12 machines (that is, retire them and transfer their permanent activation keys to replacement machines); I apparently succeeded on one of the twelve but not on any others.
Last edited: Aug 24, 2015