I decided that since much of my travel is Canada - USA that I would jump over to the Mileage Plus. So far, I have been able to convince them to match status to Premier Exec for 90 days. During this time, I have to fly 17,500 status miles on United / Continental metal.

This will provide me with domestic upgrade from now till end of May on UA and those Economy Plus seats, which includes exit and bulkheads.

I will keep flying AC on international as it is easier for me from YVR.

I guess in a way, I am splitting a potential AC * SE to keep an AC * E and a UA *PE.

Does this sound like a fairly logical solution?

Would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions, especially from other FT members who are doing similar.