You do have priority access. Priority ≠ guarantee.
What exactly were you expecting? That there’d be a limit of 10,000 forever blue plus members? No one gave you any indication of that being the case.
(For the record, I’m in the exact same...
No mate, not quite.
You stick to writing your fantasy gossip, I'm sure someone out there thinks it's legit. You might even get a gig with the Sun or Mail