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Please submit technical support and customer service requests directly to KVS through their website.
FlyerTalk is not KVS' customer assistance venue.
The primary purpose of the Travel Tools forum is to benefit the entire FlyerTalk community.
Anything related to the KVS Availability Tool may be discussed here, including member to member requests for troubleshooting.


Where does the KVS tool get its data and is KVS authorized to provide this data in the manner it is presented?

The tool is known to access a variety of web sites, many in a manner that is not authorized. Please see the next section of this Wiki for a list of sites believed to be accessed and their data access policies (where known).

Additionally, under some conditions the tool appears to access sites via a KVS-operated back end. This means that the tool is not just a 'web browser' that runs via a user's machine. No detailed public information is available about how this works or whether any of this back-end access is authorized.Note: To edit the wikipost, please contact the moderator by sending an alert or a private message.


Websites KVS Accesses and their relevant Terms of Use

http://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConlin...verrideServlet
http://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConlin...PreviewServlet
https://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConli...verrideServlet
https://www.aircanada.com
Terms of Use:
http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/legal/notice.html
Use of our web site for any other purpose, including any commercial use or purpose, is expressly prohibited.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that, in using or accessing our website, you shall not commit or participate in any of the following acts or actions, each of which is expressly prohibited under this User Agreement:
directly or indirectly, use or access, or encourage, solicit, permit, facilitate, aid, assist or abet, including, but not limited to, the selling, licensing, distribution or provision to any person of any means that permit, the use or access, or agree to provide the use or access, of our website through any manual process or any automatic, electronic or technical device, including but not limited to automated scripts, robots, crawls, screen scrapers, web "bots", deep-links, indexes, spiders, click-spams, macro programs, or any other device, program, software, system, algorithm, methodology or technology, now known or hereinafter discovered, that performs the same or a similar function, in order to, without limitation: "data mine"; "screen scrape"; data process; access, extract, copy, distribute, aggregate or acquire information; generate impressions or clicks; input or store information; search or generate searches; or manipulate or monitor any portion or content of our website;

http://data.flight24.com/flights/
Terms of Use:
http://www.flightradar24.com/terms-and-conditions
Websites information and Services are provided for personal, non-commercial use only. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Flightradar24s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:

Modify or copy the materials;
Use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Flightradar24's web site;
Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
Transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server.

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Flightradar24 at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

http://data.seatexpert.com/tpi/find.php
Terms of Use:

http://plane.lan.com/cgi-bin/recibo_...bo_eticket.cgi
Terms of Use:
http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_perso...-use/about-us/
You may use the information on our site solely for non-commercial purposes, and any use or modification of the website contents is not permitted.

https://book.austrian.com/app/fb.fly
Terms of Use:
http://www.austrian.com/Info/LegalRe..._lang=en&cc=AT
2. Proprietary rights
All trademark rights, copyrights, database rights and other intellectual property rights to the contents of the Austrian-website, (as well as the organization and layout of the website), together with the underlying software code rest, either with Austrian or with its licensors. You may not, either in whole or in part, copy, modify, distribute or use or reproduce in other form contents of the Austrian-website, or the underlying software code, without the prior written consent of Austrian.

3. Permissible use
All Austrian-website online services (including the booking machine) are provided solely for the purpose of enabling you to check the availability of goods or services relating to your journey (the timetable, for example), make legitimate reservations, use our online check-in or transact other business with suppliers. You may only use the website in accordance with these terms and conditions and for the legally permitted purposes described above. In particular, you indicate your agreement to the following:
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3.5 You may not reproduce information from the Austrian-website for commercial purposes. This also includes providing prices for Austrian flights on another website or another online server. In particular you may not copy, distribute, in other way use or reproduce discarded content from the Austrian-website with the help of 'robots', other search machine technologies or through other automatic mechanisms.

https://booking.qatarairways.com/qri...Booking.action
Terms of Use:

https://book.tam.com.br/TAM/dyn/air/...ng/retrievePNR
Terms of Use:

https://classic.checkmytrip.com/plne...ievePNR.action
Terms of Use:
(D) not to use any automated system or software to extract data from the Application, Documents or Services for commercial purposes (such as screen scraping);

https://en.aegeanair.com
Terms of Use:

https://eservice.evaair.com
Terms of Use:

https://flymas.mobi/itravel/viewBooking.xhtml
Terms of Use:

https://fly.rj.com/MyBookings/Home/EN/Default.aspx
Terms of Use:

http://skyvector.com/airport/
Terms of Use:

https://m.aeroflot.ru/b/info/pnr/load
Terms of Use:

https://mm.alitalia.com/GB_EN/booking/apvsearch.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://mobile1.emirates.com/myb/review.xhtml
Terms of Use:

https://myb.s7.ru/getMyBooking.action
Terms of Use:

https://mytripandmore.com/Itinerary.aspx
Terms of Use:
https://mytripandmore.com/TermsAndConditions.aspx
Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, you may not:
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9. use any "robot", "spider" or other automatic device, software, program, algorithm, routine, methodology, or any manual process or functionality:
...to monitor, assemble, analyse, index, copy, transmit, distribute, transfer, or link to any of the pages, data, materials, or content available on the Site,

https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWe...yICAOAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://prefunds.aa.com/refunds/receipt
https://www.aa.com/reservation/findReservationSubmit.do
Terms of Use:
https://www.aa.com/i18n/footer/siteUsage.jsp
Intellectual property notifications
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D. American Airlines owns or uses by permission all software contained on the Site, including without limitation all HTML code and Active X controls. Copyright and other laws and international treaty provisions protect this software. The law expressly prohibits any modification, redistribution, or reproduction of the software, and such actions could result in severe civil and criminal penalties. American Airlines will seek and support prosecuting violators to the maximum extent possible.
E. You may not copy, display, distribute, download, license, modify, publish, re-post, reproduce, reuse, sell, transmit, use to create a derivative work, or otherwise use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes. Nothing on the Site shall be construed to confer any grant or license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, by implication, or otherwise.
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Limitations on your use:
You agree that you will not Misuse the Site. "Misuse" includes, but is not limited to, using the Site to do any of the following:
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L. Copy or create derivative works from, display, distribute, license, perform, publish, recreate, reproduce, sell, transfer, or transmit any information, products, services, or software obtained by, from, or through the Site.
M. Monitor or copy any Content by using any manual process, or any robot, spider, or other automatic device, without first obtaining American Airlines' prior written consent.

https://raw.github.com/opentraveldat...i_airlines.csv
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https://tickets.airtran.com/SeatAvailability.aspx
Terms of Use:
http://www.southwest.com/html/about-...ons/index.html
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You may not modify, re-render, frame, mirror, truncate, add to, inject, filter or change the order of the information contained on any page of the Southwest Airlines sites, including, without limitation, by any way of reproducing Southwest Airlines or SWABiz web pages or Company information on any other web site without our express written permission.

You may not copy, derive, edit, translate, decompile, reverse engineer, modify, use, or reproduce any code or source relating to our sites, including without limitation, any service or product Southwest offers.

You may not cause to appear any pop-up, pop-under, exit windows, expanding buttons, banners advertisement, or anything else which minimizes, covers, or otherwise inhibits the full display of the Southwest Airlines sites.

You may not use any deep-link, page-scrape, robot, crawl, index, spider, click spam, macro programs, Internet agent, or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology which does the same things, to use, access, copy, acquire information, generate impressions or clicks, input information, store information, search, generate searches, or monitor any portion of the Southwest Airlines sites or Company information.
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You may not disguise the origin of information transmitted to, from, or through the Southwest Airlines sites. You may not circumvent any measures implemented by Southwest Airlines aimed at preventing violations of the Use Agreement. You may not violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion header.

When you use the Southwest Airlines sites or Company information for an authorized purpose, you must include all proprietary notices without changing, hiding or deleting them.

You may not engage in any conduct that is, or that Southwest Airlines deems to be, in violation of this Use Agreement.

https://wftc3.e-travel.com
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https://wtrweb.worldtracer.aero/WorldTracerWeb/pax.do
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https://www121.jal.co.jp/JmbWeb/JR/S...MileCalc_en.do
Terms of Use:

https://www4.thy.com/mybookings/ETDisplay.tk
https://www4.thy.com/mybookings/getPnr.tk
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https://www.airfrance.fr/cgi-bin/AF/...chPnrAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.alaskaair.com/booking/reservationlookup
Terms of Use:

https://www.bookonline.saudiairlines...verride.action
https://www.bookonline.saudiairlines...verride.action
Terms of Use:

https://www.britishairways.com/trave...g/public/en_gb
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http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/...rms-conditions

All Materials on this website, the appearance, organisation and layout of this website, the underlying software code and the underlying data are subject to trade marks, copyright, database rights and other registered and unregistered intellectual property rights which are owned either directly by Us or by Our licensors.

Unless otherwise authorised within these Terms and Conditions, You must not copy, modify, alter, publish, broadcast, distribute, sell or transfer (whether in whole or in part) any Material on this website or the underlying software code or underlying data.
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Your access to this website is on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw, restrict or amend the services accessibly to You on the website without notice at our absolute discretion.

You may only use this website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and, in any event, for lawful and proper purposes which includes complying with all applicable laws, regulations and codes of practice within the UK or other jurisdiction from which You are accessing this website. Except as expressly permitted by Us, You shall not use this website for any purpose.

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https://www.checkmytrip.com/CMTSERVLET
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https://www.checkmytrip.com/cmt/apf/...&SITE=NCMTNCMT
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3.1 Except as expressly set out in this EULA or as permitted by any local law, you agree:
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(D) not to use any automated system or software to extract data from the Application, Documents or Services for commercial purposes (such as screen scraping);

https://www.delta.com/mytrips/findPnr.action
http://www.delta.com/ism/SeatMapDisplay.action
http://www.delta.com/shared/components/blank.jsp
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https://www.finnair.com
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https://www.flysas.com
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https://www.iberia.com/web/retrievePNR.do
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https://www.lot.com
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https://www.lufthansa.com
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https://www.routehappy.com/
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https://www.swiss.com
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https://www.tripforyou.net/t4u/PTopAction.do
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https://www.tripple.jp
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https://www.united.com/web/en-US/app...n/default.aspx
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https://www.viewtrip.com/GetItin.aspx
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https://www.virginamerica.com/book/ow/a1/
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https://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/g...ndBooking.next
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https://www.virtuallythere.com/new/reservations.html
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http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/
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http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi
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http://www.airframes.org/fleet/
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http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_H...oking-now.html
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http://www.flightradar24.com/
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http://www.FlightStats.com/go/Flight...ingByFlight.do
http://www.FlightStats.com/go/Flight...tusByFlight.do
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http://www.flightview.com/TravelTool...eryResults.asp
http://www.flightview.com/TravelTools/viewairport.asp
Terms of Use:

http://www.gcmap.com/airport/
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui
Terms of Use:
http://www.gcmap.com/faq/using
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A: Please write to Karl L. Swartz regarding terms for commercial use of the maps.

http://www.iata.org/about/members/Pa...line-list.aspx
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http://www.iata.org/Pages/terms.aspx
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http://www.itn.net/cgi/get
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http://www.kenya-airways.com/kqbook.aspx
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http://www.myairlines.ru
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http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/do/dyn/checkmytrip
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http://www.seatexpert.com/multiple_results.php
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http://www.seatmaestro.com/airlines-...eckmytrip.html
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http://www.seatplans.com/ajax/Airline
http://www.seatplans.com/ajax/airports-and-city
http://www.seatplans.com/find-and-compare/
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Old Sep 13, 2015 | 4:57 pm
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Originally Posted by IncyWincy
I have been using KVS for some time (thank you KVS!).
We're glad you're continuing to enjoy your KVS Tool Membership!

Originally Posted by IncyWincy
Just noticed that the BA oneworld award results are not right. Eg, searching HKG-LHR on 5 Dec 2015 returns 1 seat in CX 257, 1 in CX 239 and 3 in CX 253 all for business class, but calling BA and using BA website tells me there are no award business seats.
Discrepancies of that nature are not technically possible -- could you please provide screenshot(s)?

[KVS Tool 7.8.9/Diamond - Awards/BA-OneWorld]
Code:
HKG  Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok Intl HK [VHHH]
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
SAT  05 Dec 2015 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Award Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------------
CX         257     HKG   09:40     LHR   15:00              CS0  WS0  YS7
CX         239     HKG   12:05     LHR   17:30              FS/  CS2  WS0  YS9
CX         253     HKG   15:05     LHR   20:10              FS0  CS4  WS0  YS9
BA         32      HKG   23:30     LHR   04:50 +1           CS0  WS0  YS3
BA         28      HKG   23:45     LHR   05:00 +1           FS0  CS0  WS1  YS9
AY         70      HKG   00:45     HEL   05:45              FS/  CS1  WS/  YS1
 -> BA     795     HEL   07:40     LHR   09:00              FS/  CS+  WS/  YS+
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Can you create a fare alert to notify us when a seat upon up on a certain flight in a certain paid or award class?
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Old Sep 15, 2015 | 11:28 am
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FYI for Mac users. Installed PlayonMAC after the Crossover Trial expired. So far so good.
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Old Sep 17, 2015 | 3:55 am
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unable to search for award availability on BA, it's saying there is a CAPTCHA verification required that is not supported
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Old Sep 17, 2015 | 8:25 am
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KVS Tool Members are kindly requested not to post support requests in this thread until further notice.

Such requests should be submitted to us directly via the [Contact Us] Form on the official KVS Tool Homepage.
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Old Sep 17, 2015 | 11:12 am
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Old Sep 17, 2015 | 3:35 pm
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Old Sep 18, 2015 | 2:24 am
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A3 availability is again not working? I tried it several times and get the flight at the results but not the availability.

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Old Oct 15, 2015 | 10:04 pm
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I'm late hearing about BA accounts being locked as a result of using KVS Tool. Where can I find more information on this issue, and is it possible to unlock one's BA account? Thanks!

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Old Oct 24, 2015 | 4:08 pm
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KVS tool not allowing BA searches. Just get constant Engine Velocity exceeded warnings
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Old Oct 25, 2015 | 2:02 pm
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Originally Posted by pschafer
Just wondering is anyone has had any luck finding J award availability DOH to/from Australia. QR recently announced ADL as well as SYD, MEL, PER but I've searched all of these and seen no award seats at all - even in Y. Since it is a bit tedious searching day by day I have been sampling random dates (Monday/Tuesday/Wed) over many months. (I've been using KVS - QF and BA methods).
QR Award Availability appears to be quite limited on those routes, but it does exist.

You may wish to use the [Power Search] function in the KVS Tool if your dates are flexible:

[KVS Tool 7.9.1/Diamond - Awards/QF-OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP]
Code:
DOH  Doha Hamad Intl QA [OTHH]
SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]
SAT  02 Apr 2016 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Award Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------------
QR         908     DOH   20:35     SYD   17:35 +1       0   YS+
QR         836     DOH   02:15     BKK   12:40          0   YS+
 -> QF     24      BKK   18:25     SYD   06:45 +1       0   YS+
QR         962     DOH   02:45     DPS   17:10          0   YS+
 -> JQ     38      DPS   22:35     SYD   07:20 +1       0   YS+
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Originally Posted by KVS
QR Award Availability appears to be quite limited on those routes, but it does exist.

You may wish to use the [Power Search] function in the KVS Tool if your dates are flexible:

[KVS Tool 7.9.1/Diamond - Awards/QF-OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP]
Code:
DOH  Doha Hamad Intl QA [OTHH]
SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]
SAT  02 Apr 2016 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Award Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------------
QR         908     DOH   20:35     SYD   17:35 +1       0   YS+
QR         836     DOH   02:15     BKK   12:40          0   YS+
 -> QF     24      BKK   18:25     SYD   06:45 +1       0   YS+
QR         962     DOH   02:45     DPS   17:10          0   YS+
 -> JQ     38      DPS   22:35     SYD   07:20 +1       0   YS+

Actually just yesterday I noticed the following after further research:-

QF will not show QR availability ex-Australia even when available - clearly QF 'prefers' to offer QF, EK and CX - it will show QR on other routes (e.g. BKK-DOH)

BA will show availability ex-Australia if you search for 1 seat - when available usually 2 or more seats are actually available (e.g. as seen by CS2, ...). This seems to be a KVS/BA method quirk as if I use the BA site directly it works.

It seems availability has improved recently to/from Australia and DOH or there was some IT issue with searching previously. I have not tried to make a booking via AA - just searching for future reference when looking for options to/from Europe.

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Old Oct 25, 2015 | 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by pschafer
BA will show availability ex-Australia if you search for 1 seat - when available usually 2 or more seats are actually available (e.g. as seen by CS2, ...). This seems to be a KVS/BA method quirk as if I use the BA site directly it works.
This should not be happening -- could you please provide specific example(s)?
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Old Oct 25, 2015 | 2:29 pm
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Originally Posted by KVS
This should not be happening -- could you please provide specific example(s)?
I just re-tried one of my sample search dates for SYD-DOH and KVS/BA method is now showing correct availability if I select either 1 or 2 seats. It definitely was not 2 days ago - I did recently upgrade to KVS 7.9.1R2 but I can't recall if I was using the previous version or not. My apologies for any confusion.

But the good news is there is now availability on QR ex-Australia when a couple of weeks ago there seemed to be absolutely none.
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Old Oct 25, 2015 | 3:54 pm
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Originally Posted by pschafer
I just re-tried one of my sample search dates for SYD-DOH and KVS/BA method is now showing correct availability if I select either 1 or 2 seats. It definitely was not 2 days ago - I did recently upgrade to KVS 7.9.1R2 but I can't recall if I was using the previous version or not. My apologies for any confusion.

But the good news is there is now availability on QR ex-Australia when a couple of weeks ago there seemed to be absolutely none.
Hopefully that's the same case with ex-NA. Few weeks ago there were tons of seats on almost every flight on every date now you can't get anything on any date.
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