Quote Originally Posted by Niwashi View Post
Huh? They're the same thing. Early Access is one of the pre-order bonuses. You get it with the pre-order code.

(The only exception I'm aware of is the ARR+HW bundle for new players, since early access for the Heavensward portion relies on already having ARR. But given that you already have a character leveled, I'm assuming that's not your case.)
she may be a ps3 player like me. we don't have our early access codes yet.