At last! Ability to build in overland segments with the OWE desktop tool!
Sep 30, 2006 | 9:35 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: London
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At last! Ability to build in overland segments with the OWE desktop tool!
Title says it all.
Have just updated to see this feature added.... haven't seen it mentioned on here so assume it must be a pretty recent change.... nice addition. All we need now is some form of live pricing stream to help us keep an eye on those all important cheap starting points... yeah right!
Have just updated to see this feature added.... haven't seen it mentioned on here so assume it must be a pretty recent change.... nice addition. All we need now is some form of live pricing stream to help us keep an eye on those all important cheap starting points... yeah right!
Oct 1, 2006 | 6:21 am
#2
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Madrid, Spain & Santiago, Chile
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Posts: 3,181
Originally Posted by sdorling
...All we need now is some form of live pricing stream to help us keep an eye on those all important cheap starting points... yeah right!
I have not done a thorough check, but the two or three simple test itins I tried priced out fine.
Oct 1, 2006 | 8:43 am
#3
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Japan
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Posts: 1,580
Originally Posted by Viajero
Done. Check the latest version.
I have not done a thorough check, but the two or three simple test itins I tried priced out fine.
I have not done a thorough check, but the two or three simple test itins I tried priced out fine.
Unfortunately, the tool counts land segments as same as flight segments.
The tool does not permit an itinerary with 20 flight segments and a land segment.
It also counts land segments for segment limit within a continent.
For example,
LHR-HEL-LHR-FRA//CDG-LHR
is counted as 5 segments.
Am I wrong ?
Or, tool is wrong ?
xONEx rule has changed recently ?
Anyway, this tool still has some problems.
(1) It can find FUK-xHKG-YVR connection, but can not find NRT-xHKG-YVR.
If you put NRT-HKG and HKG-YVR in separate lines, you can not specify same day connection.
(2) It can not calculate or specify extra purchased segments.
(3) DEL-ORD is treated as a transpacific flight.
If you make NRT-HKG-DEL-ORD-NRT route,
this tool says
"You can only cross the Pacific ocean 1 time(s).
You have not crossed the Atlantic ocean.
Minimum number of region [3] have not been reached."
(4) And, countless problems.
Last edited by Wasabi Tofu; Oct 1, 2006 at 9:06 am Reason: Add some other problems
Oct 1, 2006 | 10:17 am
#4
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Circle City
Posts: 3,568
Originally Posted by Wasabi Tofu
Am I wrong ?
Or, tool is wrong ?
xONEx rule has changed recently ?
Or, tool is wrong ?
xONEx rule has changed recently ?
Oct 6, 2006 | 10:29 am
#5
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: NYC
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Originally Posted by Viajero
Done. Check the latest version.
I have not done a thorough check, but the two or three simple test itins I tried priced out fine.
I have not done a thorough check, but the two or three simple test itins I tried priced out fine.
I priced a DONE4 ex-HKG using the tool and it came back as HKD 56070 which I believe reflects the September 1 price increase. However, a DONE4 ex-CMB is priced at LKR 523200 which I believe is the price BEFORE Spetember 1. So, is the tool wrong ex-CMB, or has there actually been no price increase?
Oct 16, 2006 | 10:20 am
#6
Join Date: Jun 2003
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FWIW, the tool prices an ex-CMB DONE4 at LKR 523,200, but CX in CMB has informed me that the current price is LKR 591,200. So, it would appear that not all of the prices in the tool are up to date.