I am a F2P player, and am trying to access the Cargo Hold. I just got my ship, and the Protocol Droid said that I have access to it- but it wont let me, and says "You can access the cargo hold to store items, Hold initially stores 80 Items".
You need to unlock the cargo hold see the differences per this link you can buy an unlock on the CM (see this link for a tip)
I believe preferred get access to the cargo hold by default , so subscribing for 30 days will give you access to all expansions and able to level to 70 , and when the 30 days are up if you dont stay subscribed you drop back to preferred status
