I pre-ordered via Steam and have been playing through the open beta and head start but so far I can't see anywhere that would let me enter subscription information. If I look at my account on the main STO website it says on the dashboard that this is the area to change details such as billing etc but it has no options for such things. Is it suddenly going to appear from today as an option or is it going to magically grant me infinite freedom to play? >_>

I would think we would have to wait until steam releases the retail game. Usually I understand that is 11 AM pacific. At that time, you'll get your retail key, apply that to your account, and when cryptic knows you have the full retail key, you will have to select billing options etc...

Just a guess, but that would seem to make sense.

Seems plausible enough, thanks