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Old May 10, 08, 10:24 am   #1816
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The users guide says that flight/operational information is available including specific reasons for delays. Yet the software appears to use FlightStats.com as the source of information. FlightStats.com, at least in my experience, does not give specific reasons for delays. Can the KVSTool pull specific delay information from the airlines's system, such as Sabre?
The detailed operational info used to be available via FlightStats, but that appears to have changed. Now, such info can be obtained via the [Operational Info (Amadeus)] option for AC/UA/US/LH/OS/SK/TP/LO/JK/BD/TK/SQ/NZ/NH/OZ/TG/SA + NW.
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Old May 10, 08, 10:26 am   #1817
 
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Thanks for your quick response. Is such info available for AA also ??
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Old May 11, 08, 4:58 pm   #1818
 
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sorry wrong thread posted

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Old May 12, 08, 4:21 pm   #1819
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Thanks for your quick response. Is such info available for AA also ??
Not at this time, but I am looking for ways of adding detailed FLIFO support for additional carriers in the future ...
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Old May 13, 08, 9:56 am   #1820
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Hi, KVS. Any update on full routing rules availability? To me, this was one of the prime features of the KVS Tool.
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Old May 13, 08, 5:30 pm   #1821
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Hi, KVS. Any update on full routing rules availability? To me, this was one of the prime features of the KVS Tool.
Regretfully, no. I certainly share your disappointment in the disappearance of this feature, but hope that, in the meantime, you will continue to enjoy the many other features of the KVS Tool ...
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Old May 15, 08, 1:58 am   #1822
 
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*A awards is not working for flights to/from/within the States (showing "@")..it works in canada however for AC...

okay... it's working now... I wondering why it didn't work last night... hmmm

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Old May 15, 08, 2:23 pm   #1823
 
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I'm searching for Award availability on routes between SEA and LHR using Amadeus/OneWorld and I can see the availability from LHR to SEA on BA with no difficulty, but whenever I try to search for SEA to LHR, I get the error message which states, "Award availability cannot be checked for the specified origin and/or destination. Please checked extended and try again..."

I've got the extended mode checked, and it works flawlessly for the opposite directions. Any ideas?
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Old May 15, 08, 2:36 pm   #1824
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*A awards is not working for flights to/from/within the States (showing "@")..it works in canada however for AC...

okay... it's working now... I wondering why it didn't work last night... hmmm
Most likely, one of the StarNet datalinks was temporarily down...
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Old May 15, 08, 2:53 pm   #1825
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I'm searching for Award availability on routes between SEA and LHR using Amadeus/OneWorld and I can see the availability from LHR to SEA on BA with no difficulty, but whenever I try to search for SEA to LHR, I get the error message which states, "Award availability cannot be checked for the specified origin and/or destination. Please checked extended and try again..."

I've got the extended mode checked, and it works flawlessly for the opposite directions. Any ideas?
It's one of the [current] limitations of the QF award availability engine.

Please report this problem to QF (simply specifying that you are unable to check award availability between the cities involved) using the form at http://qantas.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/q...sk.php?p_li=**

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Old May 15, 08, 4:25 pm   #1826
 
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When searching for SkyTeam awards on Delta for ATL to FCO, I get a "Route too complex" error, even though I know Delta flies a nonstop on this route. What's the problem?
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Old May 15, 08, 4:35 pm   #1827
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When searching for SkyTeam awards on Delta for ATL to FCO, I get a "Route too complex" error, even though I know Delta flies a nonstop on this route. What's the problem?
There is a periodically recurring issue with award availability for some of DL's long-haul flights. Please try again in a day or so...
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Old May 15, 08, 5:26 pm   #1828
 
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Smile Should I join KVS?

So KVS looks like a pretty amazing tool. But I fly Mexicana 90% of the time and it looks like info for Mexicana may be pretty limited. So...
Can KVS tell me how many seats are available on a specific Mexicana flight in fare class K?
Can it tell me if award upgrades are available for a specific Mexicana flight? Thank you.
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Old May 16, 08, 9:46 am   #1829
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So KVS looks like a pretty amazing tool. But I fly Mexicana 90% of the time and it looks like info for Mexicana may be pretty limited. So...
Can KVS tell me how many seats are available on a specific Mexicana flight in fare class K?
Yes, it sure can.

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Can it tell me if award upgrades are available for a specific Mexicana flight? Thank you.
What is MX's booking class for "award upgrades"?
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Old May 16, 08, 1:50 pm   #1830
 
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MX Booking code for upgrades

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What is MX's booking class for "award upgrades"?
It is "D".
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