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Old Sep 25, 2013 | 12:41 am
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Originally Posted by siankaan1
Hi...I'm a newbie with KVSTool, and confused. I thought that this means there are 2 AA MileSAAver coach awards available, but AA.com and the EXP desk both say not. So what exactly does "YS+" mean here? Thanks!
Originally Posted by mfr2000
It usually means that Economy is available, however the oneworld search is not always accurate. Confirm by doing a BA search.
Originally Posted by siankaan1
You're right, YS availability on AA doesn't show up when searching under Awards/BA-OneWorld.

Thanks for the explanation.
Originally Posted by JIMCHI
KVS- Why the discrepancy ??
As mentioned at http://Help.KVSTool.com/#AA, the [Awards/JL-OneWorld] Method is currently the most authoritative for AA Award Availability, followed by [Awards/BA-OneWorld] and [Awards/OneWorld] (which the OP had used):

[KVS Availability Tool 7.2.5/Diamond - Awards/JL-OneWorld/US]
Code:
ZRH  Zurich CH [LSZH]
JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]
THU  14 Aug 2014

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------
AA         65      ZRH   10:00     JFK   13:00     763  0   CS0  YS0
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