New KVS Availability Tool Is Here!

[gleff]

Originally Posted by 1K+

Either they have started to lock showing availability or there maybe a problem on the ANA engine.

The former. Presumably they acted long before necessary in advance of the route going 77W.

[Hooked-on-miles]

KVS,

Please ignore this post. "Awards-Upgrades/UA" is working now for me.

Murphy's Law strikes (as soon as I post the problem ... it started to work).

Thanks,

Hooked-on-miles


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KVS,

I have been able to access UA upgrade information reliably until about 24 hours ago.

Now I am getting a "Time-Out Requesting Data" error when trying to use this option.

Please help and look into this.

I am using version 5.0.

Thanks,

Hooked-on-Miles

[stephem]

I received 2 complementary CR-1s from UA and would like to use them for an upcoming flight. When I try to use the Awards-Upgrades/UA feature in KVS I get the error "incorrect MP Profile Settings -- Set to Expert"

How do I fix this? I skimmed the FAQ and didnt see this one.

thanks!

[soitgoes]

Originally Posted by stephem

I received 2 complementary CR-1s from UA and would like to use them for an upcoming flight. When I try to use the Awards-Upgrades/UA feature in KVS I get the error "incorrect MP Profile Settings -- Set to Expert"

How do I fix this? I skimmed the FAQ and didnt see this one.

thanks!

In your UA profile on united.com you need to specify expert mode for searches.

[KVS]

Originally Posted by stephem

How do I fix this? I skimmed the FAQ and didnt see this one.

http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Methods

[stephem]

wow- 3 and 4 minutes for the answer... many thanks, that was very easy and 3/4 segments are open!

[WineCountryUA]

Nearly panicked, could not find Upgrades/UA ..................
but now called (5.01) ITA: Awards-Upgrades/X1 ?????????

So all is well but I did not see any warning of the change

[alexbellamy]

Any ideas where

C:\Program Files\KVS Availability Tool\KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini

has gone? Can't find it for the life of me...!

Alex.

[KVS]

Originally Posted by alexbellamy

Any ideas where

C:\Program Files\KVS Availability Tool\KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini

has gone? Can't find it for the life of me...!

Alex.

Is this on Vista? If so, Microsoft may have moved it to
C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Virtual Store\Program Files\KVS Availability Tool\KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini

[lallyr]

How come Sabre searches take so long now? It seems that an average of 600k+ has to be downloaded before search results are shown.

Is there no way you can speed up this search by selecting a airline?

[SuperFlyBoy]

Originally Posted by lallyr

How come Sabre searches take so long now? It seems that an average of 600k+ has to be downloaded before search results are shown.

Is there no way you can speed up this search by selecting a airline?

I agree with this viewpoint! (waiting, waiting, waiting....now the dimwit airline's agents are faster than me! )

[KVS]

Originally Posted by lallyr

Is there no way you can speed up this search by selecting a airline?

Unfortunately, no -- both are the limitations of that engine. However, all subsequent queries (after the 1st one) should be faster.

When used with a fast engine (e.g. Amadeus Timetables), KVS Tool is capable of displaying results in less than 2 seconds from the time the Go button is pressed.

[midlevels]

I get a DNS lookup error when I try to start KVS Tool and the website is also offline.

Anyone know what's up?

[Pyrenees]

CO1677 not showing

Somehow the early morning flight CO1677 departing at 5:35am not showing up on the availability list.

[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.1/Diamond - WSpan: Availability/ITN/US-WOT]

PHL  Philadelphia Metro / Philadelphia Int'l PA US = PHL TTN [KPHL]
IAH  Houston George Bush Intercnt'l TX US [KIAH]
THU  27 Aug 2009

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  --------------------------------------------------------
CO         1777    PHL   07:50     IAH   10:15     738  0   F9 D9 Z9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 K0 Q9 U0 V9 G0 W9 E0 S9 T0 N9 L0
CO         657     PHL   12:28     IAH   14:50     738  0   F9 D9 Z9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 K0 Q9 U0 V9 G0 W9 E0 S9 T0 N9 L0
CO         1877    PHL   15:35     IAH   18:04     73G  0   F9 D9 Z9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 K0 Q9 U0 V9 G0 W9 E0 S9 T0 N9 L0
CO         1077    PHL   17:44     IAH   20:17     739  0   F9 D9 Z9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 K0 Q9 U0 V9 G0 W9 E0 S9 T0 N9 L0

[KVS]

Originally Posted by midlevels

I get a DNS lookup error when I try to start KVS Tool and the website is also offline.

Anyone know what's up?

All systems continue to function normally. Could have been a temporary issue on your ISP's end. Otherwise, pls see http://Help.KVSTool.com