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Two things:
1. Save the money and spend the saved money on the extra leg room seats, will likely be a lot cheaper and you’re not guaranteed to get them at check in anyways as a silver. And forget about first upgrades.
2. Do a status match with delta before your trip and this new flight should be enough to extend the status for 2025 passed the 3 month status match period
Prices to NZ can vary quite a lot by being flexible with days - I booked for $1400 by leaving two days earlier.
Also consider Air NZ - they are a star alliance member so you will receive status points on United. They also present a helpful pricing matrix for depart/return day.
If there is still a large difference, I’m not worth keeping silver for the extra $$$.
NZ and UA have joint venture to NZ market so their fares are the same
Get a credit card. Same as silver.