thanks for your feedback and good wishes, Mathew..
cross-edition triggers(cet) are triggered when the changes are made.
So they are fired, while we are patching(changing/modifying/upgrading things). So in apply phase, they are fired.
Cutover gets benefits from these triggers, as these triggers catch the changes , cutover could just do its cutover related things in the db tier by getting of what they supply.
I have written multiple articles about these triggers -> just do a search on my blog (with the keyword "edition triggers")
Also I have tried to give as much info as I can about these triggers in my book ->
http://www.apress.com/br/book/9781484214237