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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 7:43 pm
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Originally Posted by pauldepape
I'm new to the Tool.
Welcome to the KVS Tool!

Originally Posted by pauldepape
Sometimes it does not show the awards. I'm looking at SEA to CDG on 12 Sep. There's lots of availability, but when I switch to Awards, I get "No Award Availability/Route too complex/Date-out-of-range"

There's probably some filter I need to turn off or on.

My goal is to find a Biz seat TATL, going on 12 Sep, returning on 22 Sep.
I'll being going on to Krakow, Poland (KRK) and returning from Prague, Czech. I may just purchase an EasyJet ticket from and too Paris, since there are very few match connecting flights with awards.
The [Awards/SkyTeam] Method will only show flight combinations that actually have Award Availability, so you need to split your search into segments.

As can be seen from the data below, there are award seats on the Trans-Atlantic hub-to-hub portion, but intra-US Standard ("Low") Award Availability on DL is non-existent:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.2/Diamond - WSpan: Awards/DL-SkyTeam]
Code:
SEA  Seattle Metro / Seattle/Tacoma Intl WA US = SEA BFI [KSEA]
LAX  Los Angeles Intl CA US [KLAX]
WED  12 Sep 2012 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------
DL         2150    SEA   18:00     SLC   20:56     738  0   FM+  YM+
 -> DL     2041    SLC   21:45     LAX   22:38     757  0   FM+  YM+
DL         1634    SEA   06:00     SLC   09:05     757  0   FM+  YM+
 -> DL/OO  4701    SLC   09:45     LAX   10:40     CR9  0   FM+  YM+
DL         2050    SEA   07:06     SLC   10:00     320  0   FM+  YM+
 -> DL     1299    SLC   11:30     LAX   12:30     757  0   FM+  YM+
DL         1457    SEA   15:40     SLC   18:34     738  0   FM+  YM+
 -> DL     1211    SLC   20:10     LAX   21:12     757  0   FM+  YM+
DL         1857    SEA   10:10     SLC   13:09     320  0   FM+  YM+
 -> DL     2241    SLC   15:05     LAX   16:00     738  0   FM+  YM+
DL         1634    SEA   06:00     SLC   09:05     757  0   FM+  YM+
 -> DL     1299    SLC   11:30     LAX   12:30     757  0   FM+  YM+
DL         1457    SEA   15:40     SLC   18:34     738  0   FM+  YM+
 -> DL     2041    SLC   21:45     LAX   22:38     757  0   FM+  YM+
DL         2157    SEA   13:15     SLC   16:15     757  0   FM+  YM+
 -> DL     1211    SLC   20:10     LAX   21:12     757  0   FM+  YM+
DL         2157    SEA   13:15     SLC   16:15     757  0   FA+  YA+
 -> DL/OO  4703    SLC   17:00     LAX   17:53     CR9  0   FA+  YA+
DL         1857    SEA   10:10     SLC   13:09     320  0   FA+  YA+
 -> DL/OO  4703    SLC   17:00     LAX   17:53     CR9  0   FA+  YA+
[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/SkyTeam/US-AF]
Code:
LAX  Los Angeles Intl CA US [KLAX]
PAR  Paris Metro FR = CDG ORY BVA XPG XJY
WED  12 Sep 2012 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
AF         65      LAX   15:55     CDG   11:30 +1           CX-  WS+  YX-
AF         69      LAX   18:45     CDG   14:15 +1           CX-  WS+  YX-
AF         77      LAX   21:35     CDG   17:00 +1           CX-  WS+  YX-
AZ         621     LAX   15:25     FCO   12:15 +1           CS+  WX/  YS+
 -> AZ     324     FCO   14:30 +1  CDG   16:40 +1
AZ         621     LAX   15:25     FCO   12:15 +1           CS+  WX/  YS+
 -> AZ     330     FCO   15:35 +1  CDG   17:45 +1
AZ         621     LAX   15:25     FCO   12:15 +1           CS+  WX/  YS+
 -> AZ     326     FCO   17:05 +1  CDG   19:15 +1
[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/SkyTeam/UK-AF]
Code:
PAR  Paris Metro FR = CDG ORY BVA XPG XJY
KRK  Krakow J Paul II Intl PL [EPKK]
THU  13 Sep 2012 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------
AF         1382    CDG   07:15     PRG   08:50              CS+
 -> OK     772     PRG   12:10     KRK   13:30
OK         759     CDG   09:50     PRG   11:35              CS+
 -> OK     772     PRG   12:10     KRK   13:30
AF         1386    CDG   09:50     PRG   11:35              CS+
 -> OK     772     PRG   12:10     KRK   13:30
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