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Old Mar 29, 2012, 4:29 am
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Hello;

Am doing a search with the following criteria:
  • Amadeus: Awards/BA-OneWorld
  • LHR
  • BOS
  • multiple dates, within the next week
  • *O
  • C/F
  • Connections
And I get the following error message:

Data Source Error [L]:

"click here [blank space] for more information"

If the reason(s) for the above error message are unclear, please visit www.KVSTool.com to review the latest system status announcements.
Unfortunately, there is nowhere to click for more information (just a blank space), and I don't see any detail on the KVS page...

Any suggestions would be appreciated!
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Old Mar 29, 2012, 4:32 am
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Old Mar 29, 2012, 4:37 am
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Ah ok. Thanks. I'll try again later.

And just noticed that Award Nexus has an error message up about BA.
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Old Mar 29, 2012, 4:42 am
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Old Mar 29, 2012, 10:03 am
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Originally Posted by ExpatExp
Hello;

Am doing a search with the following criteria:
  • Amadeus: Awards/BA-OneWorld
  • LHR
  • BOS
  • multiple dates, within the next week
  • *O
  • C/F
  • Connections
And I get the following error message:

Unfortunately, there is nowhere to click for more information (just a blank space), and I don't see any detail on the KVS page...

Any suggestions would be appreciated!
The [Awards/BA-OneWorld] Engine was down earlier on today -- everything is back to normal now:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.8/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/BA-OneWorld]
Code:
LON  London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY QQS QQW ZLS ZEP
BOS  Boston Logan Intl MA US [KBOS]
THU  05 Apr 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------------
BA         215     LHR   17:40     BOS   19:45              FS3  CS1  WS5  YS9
BA         239     LHR   19:30     BOS   21:40              FS8  CS3  WS9  YS9
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Old Mar 29, 2012, 10:22 am
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KVS wants me to upgrade, but all I get when I attempt to do so is:

Unable To Start:
C:\TEMP\$KVS_AvailabilityTool_OpenURL.htm

[ShellExecute] Error 29: DDE Transaction Failed
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Old Mar 29, 2012, 12:01 pm
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Originally Posted by RB211
KVS wants me to upgrade, but all I get when I attempt to do so is:
There must be an issue with the web browser on your machine -- try closing all browser windows. Otherwise, try re-installing the browser.

In the meantime, please proceed to http://www.KVSTool.com/
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Old Mar 29, 2012, 2:06 pm
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Originally Posted by KVS
There must be an issue with the web browser on your machine -- try closing all browser windows. Otherwise, try re-installing the browser.

In the meantime, please proceed to http://www.KVSTool.com/
I didn't do that, instead I opened the $KVS_AvailabilityTool_OpenURL.htm file and everything worked as expected. Weird. Thanks.

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Old Oct 4, 2012, 2:25 am
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Hi

Just using KVS tool for the very first time to find out upgrade availability on a flight.
I'm getting WS2 and YS2, does that mean that there are 2 seats available to upgrade from Y to W with Avios? YS2 probably means that you could have booked 2 reward seats with avios (which is pointless since I already paid for the flight) :-)
A confirmation would be helpful! Cheers
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 3:41 am
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Originally Posted by Mart81
Just using KVS tool for the very first time to find out upgrade availability on a flight.
I'm getting WS2 and YS2, does that mean that there are 2 seats available to upgrade from Y to W with Avios? YS2 probably means that you could have booked 2 reward seats with avios...
On the KVS FAQ page, find the British Airways section:

Code:
 
Z/FS First Award
U/CS Business Award
P/WS Premium Economy Award
X/YS Economy Award
So you are correct in your interpretation of WS2 YS2... although note that you have to have booked in particular (=expensive) fare buckets in Y in order to be able to UuA to W...
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 4:21 am
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Originally Posted by shorthauldad
On the KVS FAQ page, find the British Airways section:

Code:
 
Z/FS First Award
U/CS Business Award
P/WS Premium Economy Award
X/YS Economy Award
So you are correct in your interpretation of WS2 YS2... although note that you have to have booked in particular (=expensive) fare buckets in Y in order to be able to UuA to W...
Thanks. Our ticket seems to be in selling class N.

I'm a bit annoyed about this one. I booked a trip to the Maldives through BA Holidays and it (obviously) automatically includes economy fare seats. As far as I could see there was no option to choose class of travel. When phoning up BA they told me that upgrading would include a £100 change fee.. urgh.
Availability is as following:

Outbound:
BA 2043 LGW 19:30 MLE 09:40 777 C9 D0 R0 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 Q7 G9 J9 W7 E0 T0 N9 O0
gives YS2 on award availability (no chance to go to WT+ or CW I assume)

Inbound:
BA 2042 MLE 16:15 LGW 22:50 777 C9 D0 R0 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 Q3 G0 J9 W9 E0 T0 N9 O0
gives YS2 and WS2 on award availability (I may be able to upgrade this one but actually I'd much prefer to have the outbound as it's overnight + for our honeymoon (!) ..
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 4:26 am
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Originally Posted by Mart81
When phoning up BA they told me that upgrading would include a £100 change fee.. urgh.
Do you know what fare bucket(s)/booking class you have?

According to BA.com you have to be booked in one of the following booking classes to be able to upgrade using Avios:

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Upgrades are available from the following booking classes:
  - British Airways: J, C, D, R, I, W, E, T, Y, B, H
  - American Airlines and Iberia: J, C, D, Y, B
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 4:29 am
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Originally Posted by Mart81
Thanks. Our ticket seems to be in selling class N.

I'm a bit annoyed about this one. I booked a trip to the Maldives through BA Holidays and it (obviously) automatically includes economy fare seats. As far as I could see there was no option to choose class of travel. When phoning up BA they told me that upgrading would include a £100 change fee.. urgh.
Availability is as following:
Sorry to hear that...however, you can set the class of cabin in the holiday tool both at the beginning and during the process...unfortunately, like most things, you realise this with experience and see them later quite easily once such a situation has happened...

BA will obviously market the lowest price fares and holidays so clicking on a link advertising that will take you to a WT deep discounted fare automatically...in future, worth looking to see the dates, location and sales and then tweaking them to see what is possible when flying WT+ or CW, different dates or hotels...

HTH.
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Mart81
Just using KVS tool for the very first time to find out upgrade availability on a flight.
Welcome to the KVS Tool!

Originally Posted by Mart81
I'm getting WS2 and YS2, does that mean that there are 2 seats available to upgrade from Y to W with Avios?
Originally Posted by shorthauldad
On the KVS FAQ page, find the British Airways section:
And more specifically, as per http://Help.KVSTool.com/#BA:

Code:
Z/FS First Upgrade
U/CS Business Upgrade
P/WS Premium Economy Upgrade
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Old Oct 4, 2012, 12:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Mart81
Our ticket seems to be in selling class N.
Originally Posted by Mart81
When phoning up BA they told me that upgrading would include a £100 change fee..
The Fare difference between N and H will be substantial -- for a little bit more, you can just get a T-Class WTP Fare outright and save your miles:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.0.7/Diamond - Galileo: Fares/PSH/RU]
Code:
LON  London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY QQS QQW ZLS ZEP XQE
MLE  Male Ibrahim Nasir Intl MV [VRMM]
R/T  01 Nov 2012 | All

Carrier    From    To    Fare      Cur   AdvanceP  Min  Max  Fare Basis | Travel Period
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  ---  --------------------------
BA         LON     MLE       477   GBP        ***  Sun  360  NLXNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       507   GBP        ***  Sun  360  NLWNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       507   GBP        ***  Sun  360  SLXNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       537   GBP        ***  Sun  360  SLWNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       548   GBP        ***  Sun  360  VLXNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       578   GBP        ***  Sun  360  VLWNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       598   GBP        ***  Sun  360  LLXNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       628   GBP        ***  Sun  360  LLWNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       669   GBP        ***  Sun  360  MLXNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       699   GBP        ***  Sun  360  MLWNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       750   GBP        ***  Sun  360  KLXNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       780   GBP        ***  Sun  360  KLWNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       840   GBP        ***  Sun  360  HLXNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       863   GBP    21 Days  Sun  360  TLXAPGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       871   GBP        ***  Sun  360  HLWNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       893   GBP    21 Days  Sun  360  TLWAPGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       941   GBP        ***  Sun  360  BLXNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE       972   GBP        ***  Sun  360  BLWNCGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE      1065   GBP    21 Days  Sun  360  ELXAPGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE      1095   GBP    21 Days  Sun  360  ELWAPGB      13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE      1557   GBP     7 Days  Sun  360  EAP7GB       13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE      1558   GBP        ***       360  Y2BA         13 Aug-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE      1716   GBP        ***  Sun  360  ILAPGB       09 Apr-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE      1839   GBP        ***       360  W2BA         09 Apr-13 Dec
BA         LON     MLE      1865   GBP        ***       360  YRT          09 Apr-13 Dec
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