See how-do-membership-levels-free-vs-premium-affect-access-to-tournaments.
If the 1400-1600 and 1600-1800 are official tournaments, you will automatically be transferred to the corresponding 1600-1800 range (if your rating has changed).
Withdrawals are counted so that future TDs can assess whether someone is worthy to stay in their tournament.
I cannot find the rule so here is my situation and asumptions:
I have just started a few online games so I can join the tournament, especially the quick one (unfortunately that 1 day per move is the quickest). My rating now is 1582 so I need an open tournament. If my games end sooner before July 1st (I have 2 winning games) my rating would go up above 1600. So if this is achieved my plan is to withdraw from 1400-1600 and join the 1600-1800 Quick Tournament.
After some thought, even if my games would not end before July 1st (so cannot go above 1600), I would still withdraw from 1400-1600 and wait for a beter tournament, asumming that as a non-paying member I can only join one tournament.
After some more thought, even if I can join more than one tournament, the games will be too many. Many will be of low quality, and I have just not enough time and energy so I will withdraw from 1400-1600 anyway.
Now, why is the number of withdrawal recorded? Will there be a negative effect?