Is there a tutorial on how to use this system? I just paid for a Platinum membership, and would like to use KVS Availability Tool to check OneWorld award availability.

You should start by reviewing the KVS Tool User Guide & FAQ. ;)
Eileen

You should start by reviewing the KVS Tool User Guide & FAQ. ;)
Eileen

Circle Fares
 

Perhaps you could expand the instructions/expectations for this capability - like if a particular airline code must be entered? - because if I do what these instructions say, I get an error box:

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KVS Availability Tool
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Unable to Retrieve Fares:



"There are no fares offered between the selected cities."



""



If the reason(s) for the above error message are unclear, please click the [?] button to review the latest system status announcements.
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OK
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There are no specific airline code entry requirements for this functionality, but I am considering introducing some interface changes to make retrieving such fares more intuitive...

What were your input parameters? Did you turn on the "One Way" flag, by any chance (RTW fares are R/T)?

Yah, I tried that :) but it seems to jump right into the nitty-gritty of little tricks you can do with the program.

I'm more interested in how to do and interpret the results of basic searches.

Is there a "Getting Started" guide, where maybe one is walked through a sample search?

To do a basic availability search, just type-in (or select) From/To/Date :).

Have you read the "Interpreting Availability Results" section of the KVS Tool User Guide?

Oh, yes the One Way box was checked. I didn't even notice because I guess it was checked from prior use or something as I didn't click it when doing the search.

Thanks.

Flight/Operational Information
 

The users guide says that flight/operational information is available including specific reasons for delays. Yet the software appears to use FlightStats.com as the source of information. FlightStats.com, at least in my experience, does not give specific reasons for delays. Can the KVSTool pull specific delay information from the airlines's system, such as Sabre?

The detailed operational info used to be available via FlightStats, but that appears to have changed. Now, such info can be obtained via the [Operational Info (Amadeus)] option for AC/UA/US/LH/OS/SK/TP/LO/JK/BD/TK/SQ/NZ/NH/OZ/TG/SA + NW.

Thanks for your quick response. Is such info available for AA also ??

sorry wrong thread posted

Not at this time, but I am looking for ways of adding detailed FLIFO support for additional carriers in the future ...

Hi, KVS. Any update on full routing rules availability? To me, this was one of the prime features of the KVS Tool.

Regretfully, no. I certainly share your disappointment in the disappearance of this feature, but hope that, in the meantime, you will continue to enjoy the many other features of the KVS Tool ...