Near Manchester, UK. Most of the flights I get are to the US, so BA or AA and I can use my BA number on both airlines. That said, when I need to get a flight s

Near Manchester, UK. Most of the flights I get are to the US, so BA or AA and I can use my BA number on both airlines. That said, when I need to get a flight somewhere else and there's no BA or AA flight convenient I just get the flight I want to get and don't sweat the loss of status building.