Originally Posted by
Jazzop
Do you consider seven days to be "a couple"? When the medallion updates were made on Saturdays, if you flew after some point Friday night or Saturday morning, you would not receive your new medallion status until the following Saturday evening: seven days later.
I never waited 7 days. If I had another flight coming up and my status wasn't showing, SMS was able to change it (immediately in my case) so that I would be eligible for upgrades.