diff --git a/src/components/RoutesTester.tsx b/src/components/RoutesTester.tsx
index 966704e65..ea075e3b4 100644
--- a/src/components/RoutesTester.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RoutesTester.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import {
   subsidizedDelivery,
   type TestMethod,
   type TestMode,
+  type TestPriority,
   type TestRoute,
 } from '../lib/routes-test'
 import {
@@ -360,6 +361,7 @@ function RouteLifecycle({
   onNeedKey: () => void
 }) {
   const [mode, setMode] = useState<TestMode>(route.capabilities.transfer?.modes[0] ?? 'exactSource')
+  const [priority, setPriority] = useState<TestPriority>('price')
   const [amount, setAmount] = useState('')
   const [sender, setSender] = useState('')
   const [recipient, setRecipient] = useState('')
@@ -461,7 +463,9 @@ function RouteLifecycle({
   })
   const tempoAccount =
     tempoWallet && connection.connector?.id === tempoWallet.id ? connection.address : undefined
-  const subsidyAvailable = canSubsidize(route, method, mode)
+  // The API refuses 1:1 delivery for speed-priority transfers, so choosing speed drops it.
+  const speed = method === 'transfer' && priority === 'speed'
+  const subsidyAvailable = !speed && canSubsidize(route, method, mode)
   const input = {
     method,
     mode,
@@ -471,6 +475,7 @@ function RouteLifecycle({
     refundAddress,
     // Without a key, the docs demo key quotes 1:1 delivery as a preview; it cannot create routes.
     subsidize: subsidyAvailable && !subsidyRefused,
+    priority: speed ? priority : undefined,
   }
   let quoteParams: ReturnType<typeof routeQuoteRequest> | undefined
   let quoteValidation = ''
@@ -1394,6 +1399,19 @@ function RouteLifecycle({
                       placeholder: walletLabel(route.sourceChain, 'source'),
                     })}
                     {recipientField(frozen, true)}
+                    {/* Best price is the API default; speed is an opt-in shown last. */}
+                    <label {...cx(labelStyle(), wideField())} htmlFor="routes-priority">
+                      Priority
+                      <Select
+                        id="routes-priority"
+                        disabled={frozen}
+                        value={priority}
+                        onChange={(e) => setPriority(e.target.value as TestPriority)}
+                      >
+                        <option value="price">Best price</option>
+                        <option value="speed">Speed</option>
+                      </Select>
+                    </label>
                   </>
                 )}
                 {!isTransfer && (
diff --git a/src/lib/routes-quote-api.test.ts b/src/lib/routes-quote-api.test.ts
index c7999e153..b1208b579 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes-quote-api.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes-quote-api.test.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ describe('Routes quote proxy', () => {
     [{ kind: 'transfers', mode: 'exactSource', subsidize: false }, 'false'],
     [{ kind: 'deposit-addresses', subsidize: false }, 'false'],
     [{ kind: 'transfers', mode: 'exactDestination' }, null],
+    [{ kind: 'transfers', mode: 'exactSource', priority: 'speed' }, null],
   ])('previews 1:1 delivery by default and keeps an explicit choice: %j', async (body, subsidize) => {
     expect((await POST(request(body))).status).toBe(200)
     expect(new URL(String(fetchMock.mock.calls[0][0])).searchParams.get('subsidize')).toBe(
diff --git a/src/lib/routes-test.test.ts b/src/lib/routes-test.test.ts
index fbdc5177d..55db15af5 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes-test.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes-test.test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ describe('route test requests', () => {
     ).toThrow('1:1')
     expect(() => routeTestRequest(route, { ...input, subsidize: true })).toThrow('1:1')
   })
+  it('sends a speed priority on transfers only, without 1:1 delivery', () => {
+    expect(routeTestRequest(route, input)).not.toHaveProperty('priority')
+    expect(routeTestRequest(route, { ...input, priority: 'price' })).not.toHaveProperty('priority')
+    expect(routeQuoteRequest(route, { ...input, priority: 'speed' })).toMatchObject({
+      priority: 'speed',
+      subsidize: false,
+    })
+    const subsidized = { ...route, subsidies: { transfer: true, depositAddress: false } }
+    expect(() =>
+      routeTestRequest(subsidized, { ...input, priority: 'speed', subsidize: true }),
+    ).toThrow('Speed')
+    expect(() =>
+      routeTestRequest(route, { ...input, method: 'depositAddress', priority: 'speed' }),
+    ).toThrow('transfers')
+  })
   it('requires Stellar account addresses on Stellar sources', () => {
     const stellar = { id: 'stellar:pubnet', name: 'Stellar', addressFormat: 'strkey' }
     const fromStellar = { ...route, sourceChain: stellar }
diff --git a/src/lib/routes-test.ts b/src/lib/routes-test.ts
index e3d66f1b6..8a295e8e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes-test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes-test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export const directorySchema = z.object({
 export type TestRoute = z.infer<typeof routeSchema>
 export type TestMethod = 'transfer' | 'depositAddress'
 export type TestMode = 'exactSource' | 'exactDestination'
+/** What a transfer quote optimizes for: the best guaranteed amount, or a faster route at near-best terms. */
+export type TestPriority = 'price' | 'speed'
 
 export type RoutePick = {
   sourceChain: string
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ type RouteInput = {
   recipient: string
   refundAddress: string
   subsidize?: boolean
+  priority?: TestPriority
 }
 
 /** Fields every quote and creation shares, after checking the route supports the request. */
@@ -181,6 +184,12 @@ function pricing(route: TestRoute, input: RouteInput) {
   if (input.subsidize && !canSubsidize(route, method, mode)) {
     throw new Error('This route does not offer 1:1 delivery for that funding method.')
   }
+  if (input.priority === 'speed' && method !== 'transfer') {
+    throw new Error('Only transfers can prioritize speed.')
+  }
+  if (input.priority === 'speed' && input.subsidize) {
+    throw new Error('Speed priority cannot be combined with 1:1 delivery.')
+  }
   if (method === 'depositAddress' && !route.capabilities.depositAddress) {
     throw new Error('This route does not support deposit addresses.')
   }
@@ -223,6 +232,8 @@ export function routeTestRequest(route: TestRoute, input: RouteInput) {
         ...common,
         destinationChain: route.destinationChain.id,
         mode: input.mode,
+        // Price is the API default, so only a speed choice is sent.
+        ...(input.priority === 'speed' && { priority: input.priority }),
         sender: address(input.sender, route.sourceChain.addressFormat, 'sender'),
       }
     : {
diff --git a/src/pages/_api/api/routes-quote.ts b/src/pages/_api/api/routes-quote.ts
index a36cd212a..bf615f3c3 100644
--- a/src/pages/_api/api/routes-quote.ts
+++ b/src/pages/_api/api/routes-quote.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const params = new Set([
   'destinationChain',
   'destinationToken',
   'mode',
+  'priority',
   'recipient',
   'refundAddress',
   'sender',
@@ -49,10 +50,15 @@ export async function POST(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
   }
   // The docs key's organization is approved for 1:1 delivery and cannot create routes, so its
   // quotes preview subsidized terms by default. An explicit `subsidize=false` (the demo's fallback
-  // when a route has no subsidy) is kept; exact-destination transfers cannot be subsidized.
+  // when a route has no subsidy) is kept; exact-destination and speed-priority transfers cannot be
+  // subsidized.
   if (
     !target.searchParams.has('subsidize') &&
-    !(kind === 'transfers' && target.searchParams.get('mode') === 'exactDestination')
+    !(
+      kind === 'transfers' &&
+      (target.searchParams.get('mode') === 'exactDestination' ||
+        target.searchParams.get('priority') === 'speed')
+    )
   )
     target.searchParams.set('subsidize', 'true')
   try {