*sigh*
So after many years this question is still not clearly answered:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16502
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=159714
I have two simple items on my wishlist:
1) Have our status print out on the reward ticket BP (without any effort from my end of things i.e. asking agents to punch in my number etc.)
2) Have our status show on the pax manifest automatically for reward tickets (and if it does now, then cool).