Great job on the trip report ....

- At AKL, when you checked in for the return flights - did you go into the premium lounge area or just to the counter? The agents, at least in the premium area, will take your NZ departure fee and process it for you there (no need for second stop), also there is a dedicated immigration person with a separate escalator that puts you in front of the security line (not that I've seen much of a security line there yet)
- Also, did you get invites to the arrivals lounge at SFO? Sounds like your connection was tight, so you were rushing to your flight, but otherwise it's a nice stop before dealing with security again
- Don't sweat not having your plat status before your trip, it wouldn't have garnered you anything at least not at CHC CP (plat didn't get me anything) or the IC (they look at the ambassador sts), don't know about ZQN