I earned Elite status this year mostly on my own dime for the very first time (was never even Prestige before)... I wouldn't have reached it unless I found FT back in October or so... I wasted so many "opportunities" by flying Westjet instead of AC from YYZ-YEG, where my family is... and I pulled 6 of those trips last year! Only one was AC!!!
Business:
TUL-ORD-YYZ = 1000 miles
Personal:
BKK-NRT-LAX-YYZ = 10,490 miles
YYZ-SFO-SYD-LAX-YYZ = 19,343 miles
YYZ-YEG-YYZ = 3,340
I think I'm missing a flight somewhere in there... but aeroplan.com doesn't want to show me the flights before Feb. 26th, 2009 for some reason