Originally Posted by kraftphysics

I have been living in the dark ages of flying for a while now, and still have managed to do pretty good.

I frequently use my miles for upgrades on long-haul flights, and usually took a long time on the phone trying to find availability. A little over a week ago, I discovered the KVS availability tool, and thought that it would work perfectly. I sent my credit card info in, and got my membership and license info.

Originally Posted by kraftphysics

The first time I tried to use this (Yesterday) I discovered that the availability functions have been discontinued.

Originally Posted by cmn.jcs

I think you're confused on what you're looking for. As I understand it, you're looking for award availability. The current kerfluffle is about regular availability (i.e. what paid tickets book into). Award availability display is currently unaffected, although you'll still need to sign up with the appropriate airlines so that the tool can get to the award availability data.