We were lucky and our trip went to plan. We checked 8 pieces (each weighing 30kgs) with NZ in WRE and picked up 8 pieces 2 days later in NCE. NZ-WRE said they would honour SQ's baggage allowance and they did. It seems downstream carriers have to accept whatever they are given so LH had no say in what we had checked through although the agent at FRA raised an eye brow when she looked at our baggage claim tags.

To make things easier, we arrived for check-in at a slow time for staff and they had 3 flights to get our bags to AKL since apparently our baggage alone was the weight limit for tiny aircraft. Weather was packing in and flights were slightly delayed but not cancelled.

I understand we missed quite a storm through the region the next day so we were especially lucky to leave when we did. When we have to move again, the excess baggage allowance for PPS is something we will miss.