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jmail1 Aug 1, 2011 1:31 pm
KVS Tool Cathay Accuracy?
 
I've used KVS in the past with mostly success in booking Cathay flights, but all of a sudden I'm reaching an wall. I'm looking for a single F ticket from SFO-HKG and I just got through compiling TEN dates that showed availability via KVS, American Airlines showed none of the dates as being available.

Is anyone else having an issue? I use the standard OW search, not the BA search.

Guy Betsy Aug 1, 2011 2:07 pm
Don't know. You can check for availability through CX's Asia Miles website.

KVS Aug 1, 2011 3:56 pm
Originally Posted by brj8826 (Post 16838724)
I've used KVS in the past with mostly success in booking Cathay flights, but all of a sudden I'm reaching an wall. I'm looking for a single F ticket from SFO-HKG and I just got through compiling TEN dates that showed availability via KVS, American Airlines showed none of the dates as being available.

Is anyone else having an issue? I use the standard OW search, not the BA search.
What are the flights/dates in question?

Please see also the CX Award Availability Interpretational Guidelines in the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...l#post15886718 thread.

KVS Aug 1, 2011 3:57 pm
Originally Posted by Guy Betsy (Post 16838954)
Don't know. You can check for availability through CX's Asia Miles website.
The KVS Tool provides CX Award Availability via 3 (soon increasing to 4) user-selectable data sources, including CX AM.

silver-tls Aug 5, 2011 9:10 am
KVS has been mostly accurate but sometimes it says 2 seats are available when AA and BA can only see 1.

Dr. HFH Aug 5, 2011 9:51 am
Originally Posted by brj8826 (Post 16838724)
Is anyone else having an issue? I use the standard OW search, not the BA search.
I am, same problem. I've been using the OneWorld method, as I understand that there are seats which CX makes available only to its own members. In the past, the OW method has been 100% on. I'm looking for September 25, 1 F seat on 830, HKG-JFK. It's been showing available in KVS with OW method for over a week; but AA says it's not there.

KVS Aug 5, 2011 11:12 am
Originally Posted by Dr. HFH (Post 16865318)
I am, same problem. I've been using the OneWorld method, as I understand that there are seats which CX makes available only to its own members. In the past, the OW method has been 100% on. I'm looking for September 25, 1 F seat on 830, HKG-JFK. It's been showing available in KVS with OW method for over a week; but AA says it's not there.
We will soon be introducing an additional (4th) engine for CX Award Availability to address this issue.

A Beta sign-up link is located on the KVS Tool Homepage (http://www.KVSTool.com/).

As can be seen from its results below, there is actually no F Award Availability on 25 Sep:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.4.9901/Diamond - Axess: Awards/JL-OneWorld]
Code:
HKG  Hong Kong Intl HK [VHHH]
JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]
SUN  25 Sep 2011

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
CX        888    HKG  00:30    JFK  07:00    77D  1  FS-  CS-  YS4
CX        830    HKG  09:20    JFK  13:10    77D  0  FS-  CS-  YS4
CX        840    HKG  16:10    JFK  20:05    77D  0  FS-  CS-  YS-
CX        846    HKG  18:30    JFK  22:25    77A  0  FS-  CS4  YS4

pete4212 Aug 5, 2011 9:26 pm
Originally Posted by Dr. HFH (Post 16865318)
I am, same problem. I've been using the OneWorld method, as I understand that there are seats which CX makes available only to its own members. In the past, the OW method has been 100% on. I'm looking for September 25, 1 F seat on 830, HKG-JFK. It's been showing available in KVS with OW method for over a week; but AA says it's not there.
Originally Posted by KVS (Post 16865886)
We will soon be introducing an additional (4th) engine for CX Award Availability to address this issue.
You can also get access to the data today by using the Oneworld award search on JL or using the AwardNexus.com UI to the JL award search for free.


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