welcome to FT :-:
I don't do any biz travel, so my status comes out of my pocket (a very expensive hobby indeed)
I'm fortunate to live accessibly to SFO, so most of my status miles is actually from Eewnited. I then do my diligent duty as a bottom feeder and do something ridiculous like SFO-YVR-YEG-YYC-YYZ-SFO to meet the minimum 5 AC segments requirement