New here, cant use verification code to play elite?

I recently got elite dangerous as a steam gift, and I downloaded as it had been sitting on my wishlist for a while, and I noticed as it finished downloading it had a little "verification code". so I copied it, and started up the launcher, and after wards i clicked link account (thinking I needed to add my steam) to find I needed a frontier account. followed through with all of that and now I cannot add a key, and my dashboard claims I have no purchased keys. any help?
 
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