Best tool for award inventory searching
Jun 21, 2012, 5:06 pm
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Best tool for award inventory searching
What is the best tool for searching *A award inventory (particularly business class inventory "I")? Aeroplan seems pretty cumbersome and limited.
What I want is the ability to search a range of dates (say 1/1/2013 - 1/31-2013), without having to do a separate search for each date, with constraints such as "a single carrier only for each direction of travel, and one-stop only?".
Thanks.
What I want is the ability to search a range of dates (say 1/1/2013 - 1/31-2013), without having to do a separate search for each date, with constraints such as "a single carrier only for each direction of travel, and one-stop only?".
Thanks.
Last edited by g46r; Jun 21, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Jun 21, 2012, 5:27 pm
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I don't think there is anything out there meeting what you are looking for.
United offers a search based on a 30 day window, but is not able to be restricted to one carrier.
KVS is much quicker, but as far as I can recall, only offered a day by day search. KVS is also not limited to certain carriers. I get the impression that some airline sites encourage the use of their own metal. KVS is a paid service.
United offers a search based on a 30 day window, but is not able to be restricted to one carrier.
KVS is much quicker, but as far as I can recall, only offered a day by day search. KVS is also not limited to certain carriers. I get the impression that some airline sites encourage the use of their own metal. KVS is a paid service.
Jun 21, 2012, 7:03 pm
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Jun 22, 2012, 1:46 pm
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What is the best tool for searching *A award inventory (particularly business class inventory "I")? Aeroplan seems pretty cumbersome and limited.
What I want is the ability to search a range of dates (say 1/1/2013 - 1/31-2013), without having to do a separate search for each date, with constraints such as "a single carrier only for each direction of travel, and one-stop only?".
Thanks.
What I want is the ability to search a range of dates (say 1/1/2013 - 1/31-2013), without having to do a separate search for each date, with constraints such as "a single carrier only for each direction of travel, and one-stop only?".
Thanks.
Awardnexus.com is your best bet as it's very robust and allows you to search multiple dates, city pairs, and sources (AC/ANA/UA) in one search with a lot of filtering options.
The ANA website now offers a 7-day award search, which is what KVS is using for its "7-day search". However it only works for non-stop/direct flights only, which means you would have to search for each segment individually if you needed connecting options.
Last edited by pete4212; Sep 21, 2012 at 10:33 am