Can anyone help explain something from KVS availability? Looking at flights for today MSP-BUF, UA shows very little availability. Especially looking at flight UA7640 at 12:26pm.
[KVS Availability Tool 5.4.3/Diamond - WSpan: Availability/ITN/US-WOT]
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MSP Minneapolis St Paul Int'l MN US [KMSP]
BUF Buffalo Gtr Buffalo Int'l NY US [KBUF]
WED 28 Apr 2010
Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- -----------------------------------------------
UA 786 MSP 11:02 ORD 12:23 319 0 F0 Y5 B5 M5 E4 U4 H9 Q9 V7 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 794 ORD 13:50 BUF 16:19 319 0 F2 Y5 B5 M5 E4 U4 H9 Q9 V7 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A2
UA 1935 MSP 13:05 PHL 16:42 319 0 F0 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 A0
-> UA 1635 PHL 20:30 BUF 21:43 319 0 F1 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 A1
UA 1581 MSP 10:20 CLT 13:51 319 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 1814 CLT 16:35 BUF 18:26 734 0 F2 Y7 B7 M7 E7 U7 H7 Q6 V5 W4 S4 T3 L3 K3 G6 A2
UA 7640 MSP 12:26 ORD 13:45 E70 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 7158 ORD 16:55 BUF 19:23 CR7 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 586 MSP 13:55 ORD 15:16 320 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 7158 ORD 16:55 BUF 19:23 CR7 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 586 MSP 13:55 ORD 15:16 320 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 246 ORD 19:21 BUF 22:06 320 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 7729 MSP 14:29 ORD 15:48 E70 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 7158 ORD 16:55 BUF 19:23 CR7 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 7729 MSP 14:29 ORD 15:48 E70 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 246 ORD 19:21 BUF 22:06 320 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 438 MSP 15:15 ORD 16:41 320 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 246 ORD 19:21 BUF 22:06 320 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 7733 MSP 16:57 ORD 18:20 E70 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
-> UA 246 ORD 19:21 BUF 22:06 320 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
However, if you look at MSP-ORD, that flight does in fact show availability.
[KVS Availability Tool 5.4.3/Diamond - WSpan: Availability/ITN/US-WOT]
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MSP Minneapolis St Paul Int'l MN US [KMSP]
ORD Chicago O'Hare Int'l IL US [KORD]
WED 28 Apr 2010
Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- -----------------------------------------------
UA 786 MSP 11:02 ORD 12:23 319 0 F0 Y5 B5 M5 E4 U4 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 7640 MSP 12:26 ORD 13:45 E70 0 F0 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S8 T6 L6 K6 G6 A0
UA 586 MSP 13:55 ORD 15:16 320 0 F0 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 A0
UA 7729 MSP 14:29 ORD 15:48 E70 0 F0 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 438 MSP 15:15 ORD 16:41 320 0 F0 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 7733 MSP 16:57 ORD 18:20 E70 0 F0 Y6 B6 M6 E4 U4 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
UA 155 MSP 17:28 ORD 18:54 320 0 F1 Y5 B5 M5 E4 U4 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A1
UA 7610 MSP 18:47 ORD 20:16 E70 0 F1 Y2 B2 M2 E2 U2 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A1
UA 7655 MSP 19:32 ORD 21:00 E70 0 F0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 A0
Now granted, there are no flights available from ORD-BUF, which it is showing as 0 correctly, but why show 0's from MSP-ORD on the MSP-BUF search?
My first thought was that maybe if there were not seats on both flights it wouldn't show availability on either of them but that is clearly not the case looking at the combination of UA1581/UA1814 in the first set of data.
Can anyone shed some light on this? I guess at least I know I need to check each segment individually but it seems strange that it would show up this way.
Thanks