Originally Posted by
dav3d
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2) Yes. I am flying USA to New Zealand, (seperate) side-trip to OZ and back, then back to the USA.
3) SFO-AKL (AKL-PER, PER-AKL) AKL-SFO
99.9% likely to be your issue - take it your not traveling in an Australian or New Zealand passport?
NZ is very OCD when it comes to passport checks, and validation of your trip to New Zealand fitting within the rules....
Recently at SIN I had to go up to the gate for passport verification, traveling to New Zealand on an New Zealand Passport.