It took (what felt like) AGES for the system to show I was Silver, even though I had the email and the status credits. I barely expect SQ to credit the points while I'm on the trip, let alone EY see in their system that I am Gold.
I thought the whole idea of their IT upgrade a year or two ago was to make things more seamless between their major partners. I guess that must have been booking engines etc, but I would like to have thought it would extend to some kind of connectivity and upgrade to loyalty systems.