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Old Jan 2, 2017 | 10:03 am
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nux
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Originally Posted by seawolf
I just looked at the KVS website. Seems like availability is only via their own webpage (e.g. no more asking you to create an account on a site you are not eligible for). No idea if KVS is sourcing data legitimately on their own page.

The core functionality now seems to be award availability (similar to award nexus)?
The 'Award Availability' requires you to sign up and provide login information for various frequent flyer programs that data is scraped from. The same functionality can be achieved for free by simply using the appropriate frequent flyer program websites. Not really comparable with Award Nexus.

I'm guessing the availability information is only shown through the KVS website to mask where the data is actually coming from, as I'd presume if the data was legitimately paid for it could be integrated into the KVS browser/tool.
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