Clarification on Veteran vs. PCG Beta Admittance

[kaffis]

So, I picked up the current issue of PC Gamer for the delightful coverage of Evan's hands-on.

Now, we all know that there are codes that pledge to grant some kind of preferred access to the beta, whenever that launches.

We've also been told in the past that Planetside 1 veterans will be afforded privileged access to the beta, as well.

So, given that I was a day 1 PlanetSide player whose subscription has been on and off since (but is not current) -- any devs or PR folks have any advice on whether I should apply the key to my account, or will it be better used if I pass it on to a buddy and trust my veteran status to get me in around the same time or earlier?

Note that I'm not looking for solid dates or anything, just a sense of whether the key from the PCG would be a significant benefit to my account or not.