Thank´s, Kiwi Flyer, for your great response! Very much appreciated!

I´ll be travelling at the beginning of January on the first two weekends, so I guess the airports will be terribly crowded. Maybe there´s a chance of getting a bump if the flights are heavily overbooked?

Anyhow, as I have *G status I hope to use the C class check-in at SYD and AKL and am looking forward to visiting the Koru Clubs, now I only hope there´s also priority security and I should be fine.