User blog comment:Commdor/Pre-order bonuses for ME3 revealed/@comment-743796-20120102042201/@comment-743796-20120103031518

Now if I have to make an account on Origin to use my ME3 items, then I don't know what I'll do... There has to be a way to redeem codes in-game, as was done to redeem the Cerberus Network cards that came with each new copy of ME2. The foolish thing as that one of the two bonuses I lost due to the crappy linking system was my CN card. I didn't yet realize that I had to boot up the game to redeem my card; I thought it had to be done through B.S., but because of the faulty system, I lost the ability to redeem my card and thus had to pay 1200 MP to download it.