I created my login account earlier this year, but honestly I have seen no benefit in having that account versus just using the "Check my Status." That may change in the future though, so no harm in getting a login.

My personal analysis, based on my experience working as a technology consultant, is that it looks like they are trying to modernize their processing systems by incorporating technology, but the transition has been slow and has had many glitches. My account login actually showed that they sent me a termination notice the day I applied, when in reality they hadn't sent any such notice and was probably a technical error when they transferred records on the back end. That is why I had to call in early July because the "Check my Status" and my account login didn't seemed to have been synced.