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Nov 11, 2014, 2:41 am by XyzzyWhere 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
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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
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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
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https://mm.alitalia.com/GB_EN/booking/apvsearch.aspx
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https://mobile1.emirates.com/myb/review.xhtml
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https://myb.s7.ru/getMyBooking.action
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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https://www.finnair.com
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https://www.flysas.com
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https://www.iberia.com/web/retrievePNR.do
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https://www.lot.com
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https://www.lufthansa.com
Terms of Use:
Quote:https://www.routehappy.com/
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.
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https://www.swiss.com
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https://www.tripforyou.net/t4u/PTopAction.do
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https://www.tripple.jp
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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
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https://www.virginamerica.com/book/ow/a1/
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https://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/g...ndBooking.next
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https://www.virtuallythere.com/new/reservations.html
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http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/
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http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi
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http://www.airframes.org/fleet/
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http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_H...oking-now.html
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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:
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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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...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
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http://www.kenya-airways.com/kqbook.aspx
Terms of Use:
http://www.myairlines.ru
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http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/do/dyn/checkmytrip
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http://www.seatexpert.com/multiple_results.php
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http://www.seatguru.com/ajax/findseatmap.php
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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:
#872
Fares for the following carriers continue to be missing from the TCY-based methods:
For example, compare:
[KVS Availability Tool 2.2.0/Platinum - Sabre: Fares/TCY/US-USD]
[KVS Availability Tool 2.2.0/Platinum - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/US-USD]
- AC
- UA
- BA
- LH
- VS
- LX
- QF
- (Possibly Others)
For example, compare:
[KVS Availability Tool 2.2.0/Platinum - Sabre: Fares/TCY/US-USD]
Code:
With:YTO Toronto Metro ON CA = YTZ YYZ LON London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY THU 01 Jun 2006 Carrier From To Fare Cur Fare Basis --------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- -- ---------- US YTO LON 863 USD M2CA NW YTO LON 894 USD B10 KL YTO LON 894 USD B10 AA YTO LON 1039 USD B2 CO YTO LON 1039 USD HCE BD YTO LON 1138 USD B0LP US YTO LON 1171 USD B2CA NW YTO LON 1202 USD Y2 KL YTO LON 1202 USD Y2 BD YTO LON 1396 USD Y0LP SN YTO LON 1396 USD YOWSN AF YTO LON 1417 USD Y2 US YTO LON 1429 USD Y NW YTO LON 1460 USD Y KL YTO LON 1460 USD Y
[KVS Availability Tool 2.2.0/Platinum - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/US-USD]
Code:
YTO Toronto Metro ON CA = YTZ YYZ LON London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY THU 01 Jun 2006 Carrier From To Fare Cur Fare Basis --------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- -- ---------- UA YTO LON 754 USD MX3CE UA YTO LON 799 USD MW3CE AC YTO LON 825 USD U0LP BA YTO LON 825 USD BFFNA VS YTO LON 825 USD B2CB US YTO LON 858 USD M2CA KL YTO LON 889 USD B10 NW YTO LON 889 USD B10 UA YTO LON 998 USD B2CA AA YTO LON 1034 USD B2 CO YTO LON 1034 USD HCE AC YTO LON 1133 USD M0LP BD YTO LON 1133 USD B0LP BA YTO LON 1133 USD W2CA3 VS YTO LON 1133 USD W2CB US YTO LON 1166 USD B2CA KL YTO LON 1197 USD Y2 NW YTO LON 1197 USD Y2 UA YTO LON 1338 USD Y2 AC YTO LON 1391 USD Y0LP BD YTO LON 1391 USD Y0LP BA YTO LON 1391 USD Y2CA LX YTO LON 1391 USD YOWCA VS YTO LON 1391 USD Y1CB AF YTO LON 1412 USD Y2 US YTO LON 1424 USD Y KL YTO LON 1455 USD Y NW YTO LON 1455 USD Y BA YTO LON 1622 USD W1CA VS YTO LON 1622 USD W1CB BA YTO LON 2394 USD WCA BA YTO LON 2394 USD Y1CA CO YTO LON 2554 USD YCE AF YTO LON 2606 USD YOW AZ YTO LON 2729 USD YOW AA YTO LON 2815 USD Y LH YTO LON 2896 USD YOW DL YTO LON 2934 USD Y
#874
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This is actually an Availability Tool that provides information ...Originally Posted by cabso1
Will i be able to book seats using the basic membership?
#875
Stupid question.. if I remember correctly, when I had the lite-version, and I right clicked on a flight result, I would get a pop-up with the ability to get the seat map for the flight (I could be mistaken as this was a while ago). Now I'm having trouble getting the seat map.
I'm using 2.10/Gold.
Search using Apollo: ITN/CWT
YYZ-HKG
Returns multiple results
Right click on a specific result | Seat map/Book Segment
The next menu gives me:
Apollo...
Sabre...
Galileo..
Worldspan...
Worldspan...
Worldspan...
I know the first two Worldspan options are only available to Plat. members. However, the other options bring me to booking flights.
How do I get the seat maps? I've done a search on this thread for "seat map" and went through all the results but none seemed to pertain to my situation.
Maybe my GUI is screwed up (more likely me tho)
What am I missing here
I'm using 2.10/Gold.
Search using Apollo: ITN/CWT
YYZ-HKG
Returns multiple results
Right click on a specific result | Seat map/Book Segment
The next menu gives me:
Apollo...
Sabre...
Galileo..
Worldspan...
Worldspan...
Worldspan...
I know the first two Worldspan options are only available to Plat. members. However, the other options bring me to booking flights.
How do I get the seat maps? I've done a search on this thread for "seat map" and went through all the results but none seemed to pertain to my situation.
Maybe my GUI is screwed up (more likely me tho)
What am I missing here
#876
Disregard my post. I was able to get it to work via Gallileo by going to book the fare then cancelling, then bringing up the seat map. Guess that'll do, but I could have sworn there was a GUI click way to bring up the maps before
#877
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Pls see http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...74#post2804874Originally Posted by infy9001
Disregard my post. I was able to get it to work via Gallileo by going to book the fare then cancelling, then bringing up the seat map. Guess that'll do, but I could have sworn there was a GUI click way to bring up the maps before
#878
OMG!
I did do this, read through multiple times, but it didn't work last night. I couldn't see the "select seat" selection.
I did this this morning, and it did work and I see the "select seat" selection.
Must have been too tired to see properly, sorry for the bad post.
I did do this, read through multiple times, but it didn't work last night. I couldn't see the "select seat" selection.
I did this this morning, and it did work and I see the "select seat" selection.
Must have been too tired to see properly, sorry for the bad post.
#879
KVS Availability Tool: FAQ, Part 1 has been updated with information on the Sabre: Fares/TCY & Sabre: Fares/DotRes methods: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...74#post2804874
Thank you KVS for a fine tool and a quick reply.
I just don't know if it can help me personally, I might have overlooked the answer on the FAQ........
I am looking for award travel. Either United Airlines or Star Alliance award seats.
I understand the tool and it seems to be the best one outside of web-based tools, but from my understanding it would not show award seats for united or for star alliance members(looking at air new zealand right now).
Did I miss something? Or does the program just not do that rigtht now? If it did I would not mind paying a price!
I just don't know if it can help me personally, I might have overlooked the answer on the FAQ........
I am looking for award travel. Either United Airlines or Star Alliance award seats.
I understand the tool and it seems to be the best one outside of web-based tools, but from my understanding it would not show award seats for united or for star alliance members(looking at air new zealand right now).
Did I miss something? Or does the program just not do that rigtht now? If it did I would not mind paying a price!
#881
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Award availability is currently shown for a few *A (and a number of other) airlines -- see KVS Tool FAQ, Part 2 under "Classes Displayed By Airline": http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...80#post2804880Originally Posted by divilish
I understand the tool and it seems to be the best one outside of web-based tools, but from my understanding it would not show award seats for united or for star alliance members(looking at air new zealand right now).
The *A list used to be longer: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...26#post3916826
#883
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It can only display published fares (and certain "web/e-" fares). Contract and other confidential and negotiated fares are specific to a particular agency, so they can't be shown...Originally Posted by yuchung5
Can KVS tool display contract bulk fare?
#884
The Sabre: Fares/DotRes method cannot retrieve fares from/to MAN (Manchester) due to a bug in the DotRes engine.
Please use the Sabre/ZUJ method to retrieve such fares.
Please use the Sabre/ZUJ method to retrieve such fares.
Worldpan TravelAsp text seat plans for LH
What do the following seat codes mean in the Worldpan TravelAsp text seat plans for LH - B, U & D? I think I've decipehered R(eserved), E(xit row), S(aved for LH elites) and I(nfant). Thanks!