Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: From ORK, live LCY
Programs: BA Silver, M&M*G, HH Gold, ABP, Seigneur des Horaires des Mucci
Posts: 14,919
I don't think it matters much whether you get to silver before or after your flight, because DC*S is worth a whole pile of nothing when you're flying AC*.
*Well, an extra thousand destinations miles or so.