Okay... so that takes care of the "I'm based in the US" solution. What about a "I'm based in Canada" solution to getting SE? I'm just wondering what kind of travel you'd be able to do within Canada to get SE.
What would potentially be faster and/or cheaper?
Would it be faster to get status via status miles or flight segments? I'm thinking it could be easier on miles instead of segments... but I could be wrong.