KVS Availability Tool

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Nov 11, 2014, 2:41 am by Xyzzy

Where does the KVS tool get its data and is KVS authorized to provide this data in the manner it is presented?

The tool is known to access a variety of web sites, many in a manner that is not authorized. Please see the next section of this Wiki for a list of sites believed to be accessed and their data access policies (where known).

Additionally, under some conditions the tool appears to access sites via a KVS-operated back end. This means that the tool is not just a 'web browser' that runs via a user's machine. No detailed public information is available about how this works or whether any of this back-end access is authorized.

Websites KVS Accesses and their relevant Terms of Use

http://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConlin...verrideServlet
http://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConlin...PreviewServlet
https://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConli...verrideServlet
https://www.aircanada.com
Terms of Use:

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http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/legal/notice.html
Use of our web site for any other purpose, including any commercial use or purpose, is expressly prohibited.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that, in using or accessing our website, you shall not commit or participate in any of the following acts or actions, each of which is expressly prohibited under this User Agreement:
directly or indirectly, use or access, or encourage, solicit, permit, facilitate, aid, assist or abet, including, but not limited to, the selling, licensing, distribution or provision to any person of any means that permit, the use or access, or agree to provide the use or access, of our website through any manual process or any automatic, electronic or technical device, including but not limited to automated scripts, robots, crawls, screen scrapers, web "bots", deep-links, indexes, spiders, click-spams, macro programs, or any other device, program, software, system, algorithm, methodology or technology, now known or hereinafter discovered, that performs the same or a similar function, in order to, without limitation: "data mine"; "screen scrape"; data process; access, extract, copy, distribute, aggregate or acquire information; generate impressions or clicks; input or store information; search or generate searches; or manipulate or monitor any portion or content of our website;

http://data.flight24.com/flights/
Terms of Use:

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http://www.flightradar24.com/terms-and-conditions
Website’s information and Services are provided for personal, non-commercial use only. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Flightradar24’s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:

Modify or copy the materials;
Use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Flightradar24's web site;
Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
Transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server.

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Flightradar24 at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

http://data.seatexpert.com/tpi/find.php
Terms of Use:

http://plane.lan.com/cgi-bin/recibo_...bo_eticket.cgi
Terms of Use:

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http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_perso...-use/about-us/
You may use the information on our site solely for non-commercial purposes, and any use or modification of the website contents is not permitted.

http://reservations.usairways.com/Default.aspx
Terms of Use:

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http://reservations.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/site_usage_policy.html
Content may be used for non-commercial personal use only, and you agree not to modify, copy, transmit, distribute, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, sell or otherwise transfer any information, software, products or services obtained from the Site without prior written permission from US Airways. You agree not to use any automatic device, manual process, or scraping to monitor or copy the Site or the content contained therein for any purpose without US Airways’ prior written permission. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site.

https://book.austrian.com/app/fb.fly
Terms of Use:

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http://www.austrian.com/Info/LegalRegulations/WebsiteTerms.aspx?sc_lang=en&cc=AT
2. Proprietary rights
All trademark rights, copyrights, database rights and other intellectual property rights to the contents of the Austrian-website, (as well as the organization and layout of the website), together with the underlying software code rest, either with Austrian or with its licensors. You may not, either in whole or in part, copy, modify, distribute or use or reproduce in other form contents of the Austrian-website, or the underlying software code, without the prior written consent of Austrian.

3. Permissible use
All Austrian-website online services (including the booking machine) are provided solely for the purpose of enabling you to check the availability of goods or services relating to your journey (the timetable, for example), make legitimate reservations, use our online check-in or transact other business with suppliers. You may only use the website in accordance with these terms and conditions and for the legally permitted purposes described above. In particular, you indicate your agreement to the following:
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3.5 You may not reproduce information from the Austrian-website for commercial purposes. This also includes providing prices for Austrian flights on another website or another online server. In particular you may not copy, distribute, in other way use or reproduce discarded content from the Austrian-website with the help of 'robots', other search machine technologies or through other automatic mechanisms.

https://booking.qatarairways.com/qri...Booking.action
Terms of Use:

https://book.tam.com.br/TAM/dyn/air/...ng/retrievePNR
Terms of Use:

https://classic.checkmytrip.com/plne...ievePNR.action
Terms of Use:

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(D) not to use any automated system or software to extract data from the Application, Documents or Services for commercial purposes (such as screen scraping);

https://en.aegeanair.com
Terms of Use:

https://eservice.evaair.com
Terms of Use:

https://flymas.mobi/itravel/viewBooking.xhtml
Terms of Use:

https://fly.rj.com/MyBookings/Home/EN/Default.aspx
Terms of Use:

http://skyvector.com/airport/
Terms of Use:

https://m.aeroflot.ru/b/info/pnr/load
Terms of Use:

https://mm.alitalia.com/GB_EN/booking/apvsearch.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://mobile1.emirates.com/myb/review.xhtml
Terms of Use:

https://myb.s7.ru/getMyBooking.action
Terms of Use:

https://mytripandmore.com/Itinerary.aspx
Terms of Use:

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https://mytripandmore.com/TermsAndConditions.aspx
Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, you may not:
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9. use any "robot", "spider" or other automatic device, software, program, algorithm, routine, methodology, or any manual process or functionality:
...to monitor, assemble, analyse, index, copy, transmit, distribute, transfer, or link to any of the pages, data, materials, or content available on the Site,

https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWe...yICAOAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://prefunds.aa.com/refunds/receipt
https://www.aa.com/reservation/findReservationSubmit.do
Terms of Use:

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https://www.aa.com/i18n/footer/siteUsage.jsp
Intellectual property notifications
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D. American Airlines owns or uses by permission all software contained on the Site, including without limitation all HTML code and Active X controls. Copyright and other laws and international treaty provisions protect this software. The law expressly prohibits any modification, redistribution, or reproduction of the software, and such actions could result in severe civil and criminal penalties. American Airlines will seek and support prosecuting violators to the maximum extent possible.
E. You may not copy, display, distribute, download, license, modify, publish, re-post, reproduce, reuse, sell, transmit, use to create a derivative work, or otherwise use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes. Nothing on the Site shall be construed to confer any grant or license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, by implication, or otherwise.
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Limitations on your use:
You agree that you will not Misuse the Site. "Misuse" includes, but is not limited to, using the Site to do any of the following:
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L. Copy or create derivative works from, display, distribute, license, perform, publish, recreate, reproduce, sell, transfer, or transmit any information, products, services, or software obtained by, from, or through the Site.
M. Monitor or copy any Content by using any manual process, or any robot, spider, or other automatic device, without first obtaining American Airlines' prior written consent.

https://raw.github.com/opentraveldat...i_airlines.csv
Terms of Use:

https://secure.jetairways.com/PlatformID/Identify.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://tickets.airtran.com/SeatAvailability.aspx
Terms of Use:

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http://www.southwest.com/html/about-...ons/index.html
Prohibited Activities

You may not copy, display, distribute, download, license, modify, publish, re-post, reproduce, reuse, sell, transmit, use to create a derivative work, or otherwise use the content of this site for public or commercial purposes without our express written permission. Nothing on this site shall be construed to confer any grant or license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, by implication, or otherwise.

You may not modify, re-render, frame, mirror, truncate, add to, inject, filter or change the order of the information contained on any page of the Southwest Airlines sites, including, without limitation, by any way of reproducing Southwest Airlines or SWABiz® web pages or Company information on any other web site without our express written permission.

You may not copy, derive, edit, translate, decompile, reverse engineer, modify, use, or reproduce any code or source relating to our sites, including without limitation, any service or product Southwest offers.

You may not cause to appear any pop-up, pop-under, exit windows, expanding buttons, banners advertisement, or anything else which minimizes, covers, or otherwise inhibits the full display of the Southwest Airlines sites.

You may not use any deep-link, page-scrape, robot, crawl, index, spider, click spam, macro programs, Internet agent, or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology which does the same things, to use, access, copy, acquire information, generate impressions or clicks, input information, store information, search, generate searches, or monitor any portion of the Southwest Airlines sites or Company information.
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You may not disguise the origin of information transmitted to, from, or through the Southwest Airlines sites. You may not circumvent any measures implemented by Southwest Airlines aimed at preventing violations of the Use Agreement. You may not violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion header.

When you use the Southwest Airlines sites or Company information for an authorized purpose, you must include all proprietary notices without changing, hiding or deleting them.

You may not engage in any conduct that is, or that Southwest Airlines deems to be, in violation of this Use Agreement.

https://wftc3.e-travel.com
Terms of Use:

https://wtrweb.worldtracer.aero/WorldTracerWeb/pax.do
Terms of Use:

https://www121.jal.co.jp/JmbWeb/JR/S...MileCalc_en.do
Terms of Use:

https://www4.thy.com/mybookings/ETDisplay.tk
https://www4.thy.com/mybookings/getPnr.tk
Terms of Use:

https://www.airberlin.com/en-DE/cockpit
Terms of Use:

https://www.airfrance.fr/cgi-bin/AF/...chPnrAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.alaskaair.com/booking/reservationlookup
Terms of Use:

https://www.bookonline.saudiairlines...verride.action
https://www.bookonline.saudiairlines...verride.action
Terms of Use:

https://www.britishairways.com/trave...g/public/en_gb
Terms of Use:

https://www.checkmytrip.com/CMTSERVLET
Terms of Use:

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https://www.checkmytrip.com/cmt/apf/...&SITE=NCMTNCMT
3. Licence restrictions

3.1 Except as expressly set out in this EULA or as permitted by any local law, you agree:
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(D) not to use any automated system or software to extract data from the Application, Documents or Services for commercial purposes (such as screen scraping);

https://www.delta.com/mytrips/findPnr.action
http://www.delta.com/ism/SeatMapDisplay.action
http://www.delta.com/shared/components/blank.jsp
Terms of Use:

https://www.finnair.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.flysas.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.iberia.com/web/retrievePNR.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.lot.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.lufthansa.com
Terms of Use:

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http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...d=2016866&l=en

2. Proprietary rights
...You may not, either in whole or in part, copy, modify, distribute or use or reproduce in other form contents of the Lufthansa-website, or the underlying software code, without the prior written consent of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
https://www.routehappy.com/
Terms of Use:

https://www.swiss.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.tripforyou.net/t4u/PTopAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.tripple.jp
Terms of Use:

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/app...n/default.aspx
Terms of Use:

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https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/legal.aspx This website is for the User's personal, noncommercial use only. User agrees not to modify, copy, alter, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from this website without United’s prior written permission. User agrees not to use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy this website or the content contained therein or for any other unauthorized purpose without United’s prior written permission. ... United reserves the right to investigate any illegal and/or unauthorized use of this website, including, but not limited to, unauthorized framing of this website or unauthorized use of any robot, spider or other automated device, and to take appropriate legal action, including, without limitation, civil, criminal and injunctive redress.

https://www.viewtrip.com/GetItin.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://www.virginamerica.com/book/ow/a1/
Terms of Use:

https://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/g...ndBooking.next
Terms of Use:

https://www.virtuallythere.com/new/reservations.html
Terms of Use:

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/
Terms of Use:

http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi
Terms of Use:

http://www.airframes.org/fleet/
Terms of Use:

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_H...oking-now.html
Terms of Use:

http://www.flightradar24.com/
Terms of Use:

http://www.FlightStats.com/go/Flight...ingByFlight.do
http://www.FlightStats.com/go/Flight...tusByFlight.do
Terms of Use:

http://www.flightview.com/TravelTool...eryResults.asp
http://www.flightview.com/TravelTools/viewairport.asp
Terms of Use:

http://www.gcmap.com/airport/
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui
Terms of Use:

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http://www.gcmap.com/faq/using
Q: May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps on my web page?
A: You may use maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper on non-commercial web pages (q.v. commericial use below) so long as you do not profit from them and you include the following credit on pages which include maps:
...
Q: May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps for commercial sites or publications?
A: Please write to Karl L. Swartz regarding terms for commercial use of the maps.

http://www.iata.org/about/members/Pa...line-list.aspx
Terms of Use:

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http://www.iata.org/Pages/terms.aspx
2. Your Conduct

The content on this Site is for your personal use only within the organization or entity to which you are attached as applicable, and it is not intended for commercial exploitation unless expressly agreed in writing by IATA through a duly authorized representative. IATA authorizes you to download or reproduce selected materials at this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use, in the ordinary course of business provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials on any copies of the materials and that the title or database brand name and IATA name is stated as the source.

You may not otherwise modify, disassemble, create derivative works, distribute, reproduce, publicly display, perform, transmit, re-transmit, sell, rent, sublicense, or otherwise use any materials or content on this Site for commercial or non-commercial exploitation by yourself or the organization or entity to which you are attached or permit third parties to so do. Without limitation, unlimited or wholesale reproduction, copying of the content for commercial or non-commercial purposes and unwarranted modification of data and information within the content is not permitted, and any use of these materials on any other website or networked computer environment for any purpose without IATA’s prior written consent is prohibited.
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4. Intellectual Property Rights

...You must not modify, decompile, or reverse engineer any software IATA discloses to you via this Site, and you must not remove, overprint, or deface any notice of copyright, trademark, logo, legend, or other notice of ownership from any originals or copies of software or information from the website. "IATA Trademarks" means all names, marks, brands, URL names or addresses, logos, designs, trade dress and other designations IATA uses in connection with Products or Services. You are not permitted to incorporate any IATA Trademarks into any other trademarks, service marks, company names, Internet addresses, domain names, or any other similar designations. Any unauthorized use of any materials contained on this website may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

http://www.itn.net/cgi/get
Terms of Use:

http://www.kenya-airways.com/kqbook.aspx
Terms of Use:

http://www.myairlines.ru
Terms of Use:

http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/do/dyn/checkmytrip
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatexpert.com/multiple_results.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatguru.com/ajax/findseatmap.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatmaestro.com/airlines-...eckmytrip.html
http://www.seatmaestro.com/themes/de...te_airline.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatplans.com/ajax/Airline
http://www.seatplans.com/ajax/airports-and-city
http://www.seatplans.com/find-and-compare/
Terms of Use:

#781

ericcantona , Mar 10, 2006 11:07 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS

So far I have never been able to replicate this issue on any of my machines, so I really don't have any way of determining the exact source of the problem... Assuming you're clearing cache/cookies in your Internet Explorer settings (and not in some other browser you may have installed), I really can't think of any other solutions.

Thanks for the reply. Since KVS has moved to a more revenue driven model, is this the kind of thing that will get fixed? Its a great tool but with the higher costs I would hope for a little more concern.

#782

KVS , Mar 10, 2006 1:18 pm

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericcantona

I would hope for a little more concern.

Well, as always, I am doing my best to find solutions to any issues that I become aware of. However, it's virtually impossible to resolve an issue, if it can't be reproduced... When I run the Tool on my machine, I can access fares in any of the 3 currencies.

#783

KVS , Mar 10, 2006 1:25 pm

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheetah_SA

H-HANDICAPPED is self explanatory and I kinda guess that B-BUKH means bulkhead. But there is no legend for C the only letter that appears on a seat. And what do the * and B in the margin mean?

I realise that since they differ by airline it will be impossible to list them all. But a few more clues would be really help us retards.

Well, the "B" in the margin denotes a bulkhead row. I have no idea what "C" means -- perhaps it means [C]losed (i.e. can't be assigned), or [C]hild (i.e. a seat where a bassinet can be installed). Again, the legend and the seat map come directly from the airline's systems, so the meanings of the specific characters are only limited by their imagination... I have been trying to find a comprehensive reference for Worldspan seat maps, but so far has not been able to find one...

#784

KVS , Mar 10, 2006 1:31 pm

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Apollo:ITN/UA -- "Datasource Error: Flight Availability"

Please note that as a result of yesterday's changes by UA, the Apollo:ITN/UA method of the Tool is not currently operational and will display the following error message: "Datasource Error: Flight Availability".

This does not affect any of the remaining 5 methods.

#785

KVS , Mar 10, 2006 1:32 pm

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cameron B

I have been having an issue lately with looking at flight departing the same day. For instance, I just tried looking up flights from SFO-MRY, and it came back with the error response of flight availability for today. However, there are still many flights left for SFO-MRY for today, and this was also all done on the Apollo: ITN/UA search...I haven't tried the others.

For same-day availability, as well as for availability on already-departed flights, it's best to use the the Apollo:ITN/CWT method:

[KVS Availability Tool 2.0.4/Platinum - Apollo: ITN/CWT/US-CA]

Code:

SFO  San Francisco Int'l CA US [KSFO]
MRY  Monterey Metro / Carmel/Monterey Peninsula CA US = MRY [KMRY]
FRI  10 Mar 2006

Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C  St Availability
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- -- -----------------------------------
US/OO     7305   SFO  07:41     MRY  08:16     EM2  0  Y4 B4 M4 N0 H4 K4 Q4 L4 V4 W4 S4 T4
US/OO     7306   SFO  08:40     MRY  09:19     EM2  0  Y4 B4 M4 N0 H4 K4 Q4 L4 V4 W4 S4 T4
US/OO     7307   SFO  09:59     MRY  10:38     EM2  0  Y4 B4 M4 N0 H4 K4 Q4 L4 V4 W4 S4 T4
UA/OO     6236   SFO  15:40     MRY  16:18     EM2  0  Y1 B1 M1 E1 U1 H1 Q1 V1 W1 S1 T1 K1 L1 G0
UA/OO     6222   SFO  07:41     MRY  08:16          0  PAST SCHEDULE
UA/OO     6224   SFO  08:40     MRY  09:19          0  PAST SCHEDULE
UA/OO     6130   SFO  09:59     MRY  10:38          0  PAST SCHEDULE
US/OO     7308   SFO  13:55     MRY  14:33     EM2  0  Y0 B0 M0 N0 H0 K0 Q0 L0 V0 W0 S0 T0
UA/OO     6216   SFO  13:55     MRY  14:33     EM2  0  Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 K0 L0 G0
US/OO     7309   SFO  15:40     MRY  16:18     EM2  0  Y0 B0 M0 N0 H0 K0 Q0 L0 V0 W0 S0 T0
US/OO     7310   SFO  19:14     MRY  19:52     EM2  0  Y0 B0 M0 N0 H0 K0 Q0 L0 V0 W0 S0 T0
UA/OO     6204   SFO  19:14     MRY  19:52     EM2  0  Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 K0 L0 G0
UA/OO     6168   SFO  22:30     MRY  23:08     EM2  0  Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 K0 L0 G0
US/OO     7304   SFO  22:30     MRY  23:08     EM2  0  Y0 B0 M0 N0 H0 K0 Q0 L0 V0 W0 S0 T0

#786

Cameron B , Mar 10, 2006 1:52 pm

KVS,
Thanks yet again. You are very much so right. A question for you...is the ITN/CWT data just as accurate as the UA?

Thanks!

#787

KVS , Mar 11, 2006 1:27 pm

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cameron B

Thanks yet again. You are very much so right. A question for you...is the ITN/CWT data just as accurate as the UA?

Based on the experience of other users, as well as my own experience, Apollo:ITN/CWT has consistently proven to be one of the most reliable methods in the Tool.

In contrast, the Apollo:ITN/UA method became very problematic, when UA decided to start feeding it fake/inaccurate data: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...12#post4259612

#788

psyflyer , Mar 11, 2006 2:10 pm

Suspended

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS

Hi, thanks for the software...
Out of curiosity, is this what you do for a living?

#789

KVS , Mar 11, 2006 2:50 pm

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Quote:

Originally Posted by psyflyer

Hi, thanks for the software...
Out of curiosity, is this what you do for a living?

Not really... Also, the KVS Tool itself is a hobby, which started as a utility for personal use just under 2 years ago, in May 2004.

Never would I have thought that this thread will be viewed more than 100 000 times!

#790

onlysuites , Mar 12, 2006 2:11 am

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS

Wow! Thats is an amazing figure! Just out of curiousity how many users do you have?

#791

KVS , Mar 12, 2006 12:21 pm

FlyerTalk Evangelist

#792

Cheetah_SA , Mar 12, 2006 1:30 pm

KVS thanks for your diligent and tireless responses to queries. :-: It's one of the best features of your app.

#793

gaurav15 , Mar 14, 2006 2:31 am

Hi,
I seem to be having the same problem as ericcantona. The USD fares do not appear. I am using 2.0.3/Gold. I cleared all the cookies and Temp Files for IE as well as Mozilla(my default browser).

I noticed that when i try for fares in CAD, the tool has 2 connections to travelocity.ca (noticed 2 htm documents in Temp Files), but when i do USD fares, there is only one document for travelocity.com, pointing to the main search page. I am assuming that there is some thing in the way the tool tries to access the travelocity fare engine in the US. Hope this tries to narrow down the problem.

I would also like to add my thanks to the long list of appreciations you have received for the tool. Great Job !!

-gaurav

#794

KVS , Mar 14, 2006 2:41 pm

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaurav15

I seem to be having the same problem as ericcantona.

I will forward you some troubleshooting instructions via PM, and, will hopefully be able to get to the bottom of this really weird problem ...

#795

ericcantona , Mar 14, 2006 4:55 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS

I will forward you some troubleshooting instructions via PM, and, will hopefully be able to get to the bottom of this really weird problem ...

Great thanks! Also - if I wanted to try on another pc do I need a new access code?

Thanks

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