if you call them they might put the domain on-hold quicker but it wont expire anyway for a month and forward i have been in contact with them over the phone 2 times, and with there chat staff 3 times and there is nothing they can do.
What i feel strange is that you can request a grace period where you will think about if you want to have the domain or not if you are the domainowner and the expireation date has already passed. I mean either you want it or not and i don't think that you need a extra month to decide if you want to pay minimum $35 or not or what do you think?