Originally Posted by
lingua101
But now I am short by 1 sector toward re-qualifying as a Silver by April

Well to play it safe you can plan for a weekend getaway soon to HK and you're almost absolutely sure miles get credited right away if you fly on CX
Off topic, and to put things in perspective, I was almost stuck to my monitor for the past week following the MH370 ordeal hoping to see some good news, and am very glad my minor problems so far were just missing miles and lost luggages