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Old Nov 2, 2010 | 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by gleff
While the Sabre/GTC method is slow for the first pull, subsequent queries seem to be much faster.

Meanwhile, Sabre/FS does work much more quickly from the get go in my experience.
Indeed, all queries after the 1st one are faster for a number of Methods, including [Sabre: GTC] and most Award/Upgrade Availability Methods.

Originally Posted by lallyr
Did a quick search and took 1m50 secs and second search took 1min 30 secs.

You could be right but too long IMHO.
Those times are definitely way too excessive:

  • For [Sabre: FS], each query should take ~8 seconds (add ~3 seconds for the 1st query).
  • For [Sabre: GTC], each query should take ~20 seconds (add ~10 seconds for the 1st query)
  • For [Galileo: ETR], ~5 seconds for all queries (per requested booking class).
  • [Amadeus: Timetable] is the fastest Method, where results appear in 1-2 seconds.

Originally Posted by gleff
Thats fine most of the time but sometimes I am on a mobile connection so it can take ages to just check one date.
Have you considered using the KVS Tool Mobile Companion, which has been specifically optimized for slow/mobile connections?
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