<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by og:
how long after the clock ticks over 1400 SCs does the "system" recognise the new status and grant the appropriate level of status bonus?
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I think that new statuses are part of overnight computer processing, i.e. it should happen on the evening of the day in which the points entitling you to the new status have reached your account. So the main delay is in the points reaching your account; after that the status change should happen within 24 hours. I suggest you check your account often on internet at that time.
And congratulations.