Checking CO SWU Availability - KVS
May 24, 2011 | 3:37 pm
#16
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FWIW I think KVS is just about the greatest thing ever...
May 25, 2011 | 12:01 pm
#17
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I'm right with ya UA-NYC. Its the greatest ever
May 30, 2011 | 10:52 am
#18
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Hello - I've had the opportunity to beta-test the new CO upgrade functionality on KVS. Here are my comments
Despite this however, I find the addition of this small feature to be one of the most valuable capabilities of KVS tool. In the past it took me hours and hours to manually click through 4-5 screens for each single date on the CO.com website. KVS reduces this to a couple of clicks and makes it quite easy. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to search for CO award availability online.
- Overall this is an excellent feature and is much highly appreciated. With a couple of clicks you can search a city pair for award availability on CO.com.
- Only a single date can be searched at a time. This is very similar to the other screens on KVS. It would be nice if a whole range of dates can be searched at once. Since the searches can take up to 60 secs, this requires being in front of the computer to manually change the dates. In my case, I wanted to look for award openings for an entire month period. This took me about me about 5 mins for each city-pair using KVS (vs 60 mins using the manual method). However KVS does make it easy to search sequential dates (forward or backward) using the down and up arrow keys buttons on the Awards/Upgrade tabs.
- UA code shares flights are not visible, only CO flights. They are visible however using the Star Alliance search.
Despite this however, I find the addition of this small feature to be one of the most valuable capabilities of KVS tool. In the past it took me hours and hours to manually click through 4-5 screens for each single date on the CO.com website. KVS reduces this to a couple of clicks and makes it quite easy. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to search for CO award availability online.
Jun 1, 2011 | 4:39 pm
#19
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Jun 13, 2011 | 6:08 pm
#20
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Hello - I've had the opportunity to beta-test the new CO upgrade functionality on KVS. Here are my comments
Despite this however, I find the addition of this small feature to be one of the most valuable capabilities of KVS tool. In the past it took me hours and hours to manually click through 4-5 screens for each single date on the CO.com website. KVS reduces this to a couple of clicks and makes it quite easy. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to search for CO award availability online.
- Overall this is an excellent feature and is much highly appreciated. With a couple of clicks you can search a city pair for award availability on CO.com.
- Only a single date can be searched at a time. This is very similar to the other screens on KVS. It would be nice if a whole range of dates can be searched at once. Since the searches can take up to 60 secs, this requires being in front of the computer to manually change the dates. In my case, I wanted to look for award openings for an entire month period. This took me about me about 5 mins for each city-pair using KVS (vs 60 mins using the manual method). However KVS does make it easy to search sequential dates (forward or backward) using the down and up arrow keys buttons on the Awards/Upgrade tabs.
- UA code shares flights are not visible, only CO flights. They are visible however using the Star Alliance search.
Despite this however, I find the addition of this small feature to be one of the most valuable capabilities of KVS tool. In the past it took me hours and hours to manually click through 4-5 screens for each single date on the CO.com website. KVS reduces this to a couple of clicks and makes it quite easy. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to search for CO award availability online.
Jun 13, 2011 | 7:51 pm
#21
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: IAH
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Posts: 376
It's worked well for me. I quickly found 2 upgrades to HKG last week & booked them.
Thanks KVS
Thanks KVS
Jul 31, 2011 | 12:31 pm
#22
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Please note that the existing [ITA: Upgrades/CO] Method is temporarily unavailable, due to the yesterday's changes in the CO engine.
A new [ITA: Awards-Upgrades/CO] Method will be released shortly and will include full CO Award & Upgrade Availability (incl. R/I/FN/FE/ZN/ZE/YN/HN/X/XN Booking Classes).
Here is a 'sneak preview':
[KVS Availability Tool 6.4.0/Diamond - ITA: Awards-Upgrades/CO]
A new [ITA: Awards-Upgrades/CO] Method will be released shortly and will include full CO Award & Upgrade Availability (incl. R/I/FN/FE/ZN/ZE/YN/HN/X/XN Booking Classes).
Here is a 'sneak preview':
[KVS Availability Tool 6.4.0/Diamond - ITA: Awards-Upgrades/CO]
Code:
NYC New York Metro NY US = JFK LGA LON London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY QQS QQW ZLS ZEP TUE 01 Nov 2011 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CO 18 EWR 10:00 LHR 21:20 752 J9 FN9 FE0 C9 D0 Z0 ZN0 ZE0 R0 O0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E0 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G0 N9 XN9 X3 CO/VS 9742 JFK 19:10 LHR 06:20 +1 346 J4 C4 D4 Z4 I2 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 X2 CO 110 EWR 19:15 LHR 06:20 +1 752 J9 FN9 FE0 C9 D9 Z2 ZN2 ZE2 R0 O0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E0 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G0 N9 XN1 X0 CO 28 EWR 20:15 LHR 07:25 +1 772 J9 FN9 FE0 C9 D9 Z9 ZN9 ZE9 R9 O2 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E0 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G0 N9 XN9 X9 CO/VS 9754 JFK 20:45 LHR 07:50 +1 346 J4 C4 D4 Z4 I2 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 X2 CO 8 EWR 22:15 LHR 09:25 +1 752 J9 FN9 FE0 C9 D8 Z4 ZN4 ZE4 R0 O0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E0 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G0 N9 XN9 X9 CO 114 EWR 23:05 LHR 10:15 +1 752 J9 FN9 FE0 C9 D9 Z9 ZN9 ZE9 R5 O0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E0 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G0 N9 XN9 X9 CO/VS 9746 JFK 23:25 LHR 10:25 +1 346 J4 C4 D4 Z4 I2 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 X2 CO/VS 9740 EWR 22:25 LHR 09:05 +1 744 J4 C4 D4 Z4 I2 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 X2 CO/XE 7210 EWR 16:57 IAD 18:10 EM4 Y9 B9 M9 E1 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G2 -> CO/UA 4223 IAD 19:46 LHR 06:55 +1 772 J9 C9 D9 Z9 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 CO/9L 4957 EWR 19:30 IAD 20:56 DH4 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 XN9 X9 -> CO/UA 4229 IAD 23:02 LHR 10:15 +1 772 J9 C9 D9 Z9 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 CO/XE 2478 EWR 06:15 IAD 07:40 EM4 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 XN9 X9 -> CO/UA 4227 IAD 10:37 LHR 22:00 763 J9 C9 D9 Z8 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 CO/9L 4922 EWR 15:10 IAD 16:47 DH4 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 XN9 X9 -> CO/UA 4223 IAD 19:46 LHR 06:55 +1 772 J9 C9 D9 Z9 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 CO/XE 2128 EWR 14:00 IAD 15:19 EM4 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 XN9 X6 -> CO/UA 4223 IAD 19:46 LHR 06:55 +1 772 J9 C9 D9 Z9 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 CO 22 EWR 19:10 DUB 05:50 +1 752 J9 FN9 FE0 C9 D9 Z8 ZN8 ZE8 R0 O0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E0 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 N0 XN0 X0 -> CO/BD 8860 DUB 06:45 +1 LHR 08:05 +1 320 J0 C0 D0 Z0 Y7 B7 M7 H7 Q0 V0 W0 S0 L0