Website to check class availability
Sep 10, 2010, 8:56 pm
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Nov 10, 2010, 2:39 pm
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Nov 28, 2010, 7:52 pm
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http://publicbackup.com/shared/flyertalk/availability/
Always liked it above seatcounter (which is also down). I have EF basic but prefer to save my searches for award rather than std avail. Any other free tools out there? Flightstats is too basic (core bucket vs each fare bucket) and:
http://tools.wanderingaramean.com/To...Inventory.aspx
doesn't seem to be working. Ideas?
Thanks.
Nov 29, 2010, 11:30 am
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Only the KVS Tool has a nearly-complete SkyTeam award availability coverage (incl. DL): http://Help.KVSTool.com/#AwardUpgradeClasses_SkyTeam
Nov 29, 2010, 7:05 pm
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Nov 30, 2010, 2:12 pm
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Nov 30, 2010, 4:37 pm
#42
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The same information can be found from a one-way Delta.com award search. The round-trip search on DL.com is broken, the one-way search finds more inventory.
Nov 30, 2010, 5:09 pm
#43
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The Tool now has award availability coverage across most SkyTeam member carriers, including AF/KL/DL/AZ/SU/OK/RO/KQ/UX/CZ/VN.
But even before this, KVS Tool members have been long enjoying its 'classic' SkyTeam & DL 3-tier award search functionality:
^^^
IT WORKS!! I just found a pdx-ams-fco-ams-pdx trip, BE in March that showed award availability at the "low" level on KVS, went to dl.com, signed on, searched for the round-trip award, selected the flights that KVS showed as low level and voila, 100k miles. I didn't even have to search by segment on either KVS or dl.com, I just put in the cities and let 'er rip.
IT WORKS!! I just found a pdx-ams-fco-ams-pdx trip, BE in March that showed award availability at the "low" level on KVS, went to dl.com, signed on, searched for the round-trip award, selected the flights that KVS showed as low level and voila, 100k miles. I didn't even have to search by segment on either KVS or dl.com, I just put in the cities and let 'er rip.
But trying to find a viable itinerary on delta.com without having first done your homework, using a tool like KVS, and then running a multi-city search with available segments already known, is an exercise in madness. And don't get me started about calling DL for help, with the draconian limitations on the number of dates that its agents will sweep before another phone call is required coupled with a widespread belief of said agents (at least those who serviced me, anyway)that CDG-SEZ and vice-versa isn't even bookable because the metal is HM's.
For those who want to go to the Seychelles on DL and don't want to spend all their time tearing out their hair, I cannot recommend a subscription to KVS strongly enough.
For those who want to go to the Seychelles on DL and don't want to spend all their time tearing out their hair, I cannot recommend a subscription to KVS strongly enough.
Dec 1, 2010, 4:24 am
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Dec 1, 2010, 8:18 am
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http://Help.KVSTool.com/#AwardUpgradeClasses_SkyTeam