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You're right, I'm not seeing AF on some of the most common routes.

Good thing is you can find AF availability by searching for "O" class using Sabre: ITN (for biz anyway.... for economy, who cares! :D)

onlysuites

Aug 20, 2008 5:21 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrayflowInUK (Post 10233314)

Can you? But why am I seeing this for the same flights? Sabre shows 0 seats in O class yet Sky Team award too is showing seats on the same flight.

[KVS Availability Tool 3.2.0/Platinum - Sabre: ITN/UK-ASB]

JFK New York John F Kennedy Int'l NY US [KJFK]
DEL Delhi Indira Gandhi Int'l IN [VIDP]
WED 03 Sep 2008

Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- -----------------------------------------

AF 17 JFK 18:00 CDG 07:30 +1 0 P4 F3 A0 J9 C9 D9 I8 Z6 E0 O0 Y9 B9 K9 H9
-> AF 148 CDG 10:25 +1 DEL 22:15 +1 343 0 J9 C9 D9 I8 Z6 E0 O0 Y9 B9 K9 H9 W1 T9 V9

[KVS Availability Tool 3.2.0/Platinum - ORT: Awards/SkyTeam/US-NWA]

JFK New York John F Kennedy Int'l NY US [KJFK]
DEL Delhi Indira Gandhi Int'l IN [VIDP]
WED 03 Sep 2008 / 2 Seats

Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C Availability
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ----------------

AF 17 JFK 18:00 CDG 07:30 777 CS+ CA- YS- YA-
-> AF 148 CDG 10:25 +1 DEL 22:15 +1 343

maclover

Aug 20, 2008 6:32 pm

May I dream about an iPhone app version in the future? :-)

KVS	Aug 21, 2008 1:27 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by lallyr (Post 10234428)

Can you? But why am I seeing this for the same flights? Sabre shows 0 seats in O class yet Sky Team award too is showing seats on the same flight.

For award availability, you should check each flight separately:

[KVS Availability Tool 3.2.0/Platinum - Sabre: ITN/UK-ASB]

Code:

NYC  New York Metro NY US = JFK LGA

PAR  Paris Metro FR = BVA CDG ORY

WED  03 Sep 2008



Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C  St   Availability

--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ----------------------------------------- 

AF        5      JFK  01:00     CDG  14:10     332  0    J9 C9 D9 I9 Z9 E7 O5 Y9 B9 K9 H9 W9 T9 V9

AF        23     JFK  16:35     CDG  06:05 +1  772  0    P1 F0 A0 J9 C9 D9 I9 Z9 E6 O1 Y9 B9 K9 H8

AF        8995   JFK  17:00     CDG  07:15 +1  767  0    P9 F9 J9 C9 D9 I9 Z0 Y9 B9 K9 H9 T9 V9 L6

AF        17     JFK  18:00     CDG  07:30 +1       0    P4 F4 A0 J9 C9 D9 I9 Z9 E6 O2 Y9 B9 K9 H9

AF        19     EWR  19:00     CDG  08:35 +1  332  0    J9 C9 D9 I5 Z3 E1 O1 Y9 B9 K9 H7 W6 T6 V3

AF        7      JFK  19:00     CDG  08:50 +1       0    P3 F2 A0 J9 C9 D9 I8 Z6 E1 O1 Y9 B9 K9 H9

AF        11     JFK  21:15     CDG  10:45 +1  744  0    J9 C9 D9 I9 Z8 E6 O4 Y9 B9 K9 H9 W9 T9 V9

AF        9      JFK  22:50     CDG  11:50 +1       0    P4 F3 A0 J9 C9 D9 I9 Z9 E8 O4 Y9 B9 K9 H5

KVS	Aug 21, 2008 1:29 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by maclover (Post 10234669)

May I dream about an iPhone app version in the future? :-)

One can always dream :D ...

toothy

Aug 21, 2008 10:29 am

Sorry if this is the wrong place, I have searched but to no avail. Am using the seat map (Apollo ITN Text) and get this:

[KVS Availability Tool 3.2.0/Platinum - Apollo Seat Map: 16 Sep 2008/BA 286/SFO-LHR/744/C]

Code:

       A   B    |   D   E   F   G    |   J   K 

17     -   +        +   X   X   +        +   -     

18     X   +        +   X   X   -        -   X     

19 W   X   +        +   X   X   +        +   X     

20 W   X   +        +   X   X   +        +   X     

60     -   X        X   X                          

61     X   X        X   -                          

62     -   -        -   -                         E

63     -   -        -   X                         E

64     X   X        X   -                          



[+] Available  [P] Premium  [-] Assigned

[X] Blocked    [W] Wing     [E] Exit Row

Anyone know what the difference is between Assigned and Blocked? I can understand the emergency row being blocked but there is a lot blocked on the diagram above.

Thanks.

KVS	Aug 21, 2008 1:26 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by toothy (Post 10237973)

Anyone know what the difference is between Assigned and Blocked? I can understand the emergency row being blocked but there is a lot blocked on the diagram above.

For BA, the blocked seats are available only to FFP status members...

appletreasures

Aug 22, 2008 11:52 am

KVS What exactly does it do?

I was looking for a tool that shows seat availability on flights so I can estimate my chances of getting bumped on a flight (or getting on as a standby). I did a search for "seat avail" and one of the links was KVS. Before I invest in downloading and learning how to use KVS, I like a brief summary of what it can do. A summary by the moderator as a "sticky" at the begining of this thread would be great. It would cut down silly questions such as mine.

Things I want to know:
Does it work world wide or just certain countries?
Is it suitable for USA only searches.
Would it fit the requirements I mentioned above?

GJS - yow

Aug 22, 2008 1:20 pm

Using the SNT: Awards/StarAlliance feature of the KVS Tool, I was startled to see "@" as the availability (instead of '+' or '-'). Checking the KVS FAQ, I quickly found out that "@" = On request/waitlist (applicable to NH/OZ flights only).

However, I was looking at AC flights!

[KVS Availability Tool 3.2.0/Platinum - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA]

Code:

BGI  Bridgetown Grantley Adams Int'l BB [TBPB]

YOW  Ottawa Metro / Ottawa Int'l ON CA = YOW [CYOW]

SUN  31 Aug 2008 / 2 Seats



Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C       Availability

--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ------------- 

AC        967    Barb 15:00     YYZ  20:44     319       FS@  CS@  YS@

 -> AC    470    YYZ  22:30     YOW  23:28     E90       FS@  CS@  YS@

AC        967    Barb 15:00     YYZ  20:44     319       FS@  CS@  YS@

 -> AC    472    YYZ  00:15 +1  YOW  01:15 +1  E90       FS@  CS@  YS@

AC        975    Barb 14:55     YMQ  20:25     319       FS@  CS@  YS@

 -> AC    8787   YMQ  22:15     YOW  22:54     DH1       FS@  CS@  YS@

Is there any significance to this?

KVS	Aug 23, 2008 1:51 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by GJS - yow (Post 10244755)

From KVS Tool FAQ:

# Q: [SNT: Awards/StarAlliance] Method suddenly shows availability as "@" for non-OZ/NH flights.
# A: This happens from time-to-time, and means that the StarNet system or datalink is temporarily unavailable. Please try again a bit later.

KVS	Aug 23, 2008 1:52 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by appletreasures (Post 10244302)

Things I want to know:
Does it work world wide or just certain countries?
Is it suitable for USA only searches.

Yes and Yes...

kacheng

Aug 31, 2008 12:47 am

Figured this might be the right thread... can someone tell me what the difference between
Sabre/ZUJ and Sabre : dotRes is?

pmcg	Aug 31, 2008 2:35 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by kacheng (Post 10286908)

Figured this might be the right thread... can someone tell me what the difference between
Sabre/ZUJ and Sabre : dotRes is?

It's in the FAQ, mainly the ability to search for fares over specific dates (dotRes) instead of just for the next 12 months.

http://www.kvstool.com/FAQ.php?Source=HOME

gleff

Aug 31, 2008 6:35 am

Has pulling PNRs via the E-Ticket/OW+ method (LAN.com) been working for anyone?

KVS	Aug 31, 2008 8:50 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by gleff (Post 10287361)

Has pulling PNRs via the E-Ticket/OW+ method (LAN.com) been working for anyone?

Regretfully, LAN had disabled this functionality as of a couple of weeks ago...

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