The Tool Rocks!
 

I'm a long time user of the KVS Availability Tool and it has been very helpful in general. But today I found out just how useful it can be.

I have quite a number of AS miles and wanted to use them for a BA Trans-Atlantic FC partner award. AS requires these to be made via phone. Prior to calling I used the oneworld award setting to research availability. Since I'm going in July, this was very limited. Also I wasn't sure if a positive availability meant it was available for BA Members only, all oneworld programs, and/or any partner program (incl. AS).

After waiting for about 20 minutes on hold, I gave the agent my request, and she confirmed that all was available. I know I would have spent a long time on the phone had I not "known" what was available.

Thanks! :p

Re: The Tool Rocks!
 

Thanks for sharing your success story ^!

Does the KVS tool have a function similar to the ITA software matrix tool whereby one can check for fares, fare rules, routing rules, by inputting the origin city, the destination city, and the enroute stopover city? Can one input this third city's airport as a transit airport, and alternatively as a stopover airport?

As indicated in my example in the AC forum (link: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=817617), the only thing I could do was to input YOW and DEL as the departure and origin cities, respectively - and then input a given airline separately, and look at the routing and fare rules for each given economy fare type to see if an Amsterdam stopover was allowed. I could not find it. (PS-we are not interested in routing via USA). In my example, the second question is to use AMS as a transit airport - perhaps in one direction, and AMS as a stopover in the other direction.

No, such functionality is not currently supported.

Will you consider adding this function in a future version of the KVS tool?

Absolutely.

Thanks.

hi KVS..i am new to this...i need some help
 

hi KVS
what a great system did u build!!
i am a non-rev traveler my host mother is working for AA and i need to see the seat availability in terms of over sold and confirmed booked and etc..because i am using it for the mostly on the busy flights to tokyo, Japan from JFK, DFW and ORD...
i was wondering how can i use your system to check the latest seat information...she told me that she can't give me sabre's account cuz she will get in trouble...

could you please tell me about your program??i am willing to make donation for sure..this tool is very useful for many people...

thanks you..

Welcome to FT, yoyoma69!

You should start by reviewing the KVS Tool User Guide & FAQ. Should you have any unanswered questions, pls feel free to ask! :)

to add the previous thread...
 

hi kvs..

i want to ask couple more questions..

American Airline has system called "Jet Net"..it gives the crews to book their pleasure trip...it also allows friend (D3) to fly as well..

i am in that category and i want to see if your programm gives the last minute seat information forexample in the jet net it shows the total capacity and the confirmed booked listings

ex) 10/15, 14/35, 134/187

First Class Business Class Economy

my question is that wil your seat availability would include the seat availabilty in terms of over sold???

thanks..

Pls see the KVS Tool FAQ under
"Q: Is there a way to directly obtain actual cabin loads or boarding totals?"

With the Sabre: Fares/ZUJ method, routing rules aren't displaying any more. I get a slightly-abbreviated fare rules listing instead.

I tried this with BDA-TPE and BDA-ICN.

Pls see the recent announcement on the KVS Tool homepage ...

Proxy Authentication Trouble
 

I'm using a local proxy with KVS, and every method works fine except for "Sabre: Fares/DotRes". When I attempt to use this method, I get: "Error
requesting data: Client authorization not setup [12045]". I tried adding the above to my KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini file, but my proxy does not require authentication, so I have no valid values for the username and password. Using arbitrary values still causes the same error to appear. Any suggestions?

What kind of a "local proxy" are you using?

See also http://forums.miranda-im.org/showthread.php?t=12537 for some possible solutions.