This might be a dumb question, but when exactly does united consider elite status changes to have occurred? I ask because I noticed in my account that when miles come in from parter airlines they are backdated to the date I flew, not the date days (or more) later when they post.

The scenario I’m facing right now is that a flight on a partner (not united ticketed) will presumably post in the next few days and that flight would have pushed me up to gold from silver. But I also took a flight today on united while my account still showed me as a silver.

So my question is how many RDMs I should be eating for that second flight? Silver level or gold level?