Yes, it apparently required an IE cookie, although I never use IE...

Use DL/SkyTeam for AS Awards?

Interesting -- that trick does seem to work. Merci. But it does make me wonder why it isn't listed as an option on the FAQs.

DL/SkyTeam FAQ shows this: http://www.kvstool.com/Screenshots.p...Awards_SkyTeam. But the Other Award Availability carriers (AS, EK and many more) don't appear in the drop down menu on Award/Upgrade search.

Do you also have a trick for revealing award availability on EK or other non-alliance carriers that are listed as able to be accessed via KVS Award Availability searches?

You can scroll down to the FAQ page with the list of airlines and it shows you the method for each airline.

Welcome to the KVS Tool!

Please consult the table at http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Classes to determine which KVS Tool Method(s) you need to use for each specific airline.

Referring to my earlier statement:
<<I can see A and W seats when I am using the Availability tab, but AS doesn't show up under the Awards/Upgrades tab. And I'm not sure how to access award seat availability for partner carriers.>>

Apparently, what you are saying is that award seats on certain non-alliance carriers are actually not searchable under the Awards/Upgrades tab. Instead, for many carriers all you can see is the fare code for A or W seats under the Availability search tab.

The basic Availability search is actually part of the entry grade package -- while you charge more for the capability of searching using the Awards/Upgrades feature.

Also, I've found that the mobile companion doesn't have any award/upgrade search function, only availability. And the availability it does show for some carriers (AS for example) doesn't match the online version. That's particularly true for U seats -- they're always "0" on the mobile version while the online KVSTool shows the number available.

Will that glitch be fixed?

It really depends on each specific carrier:

• For most carriers, Award Availability needs to be searched via the [Awards/Upgrades] Tab.
• For some carriers (like AS), Award Availability can be searched via either the [Awards/Upgrades] Tab or the main [Availability] Tab.
• For a few remaining carriers, Award Availability needs to be searched via the main [Availability] Tab only.

In all cases, the Table at http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Classes will indicate which Method(s) you should use.

The Mobile Companion supports Award Availability on a small select of carriers. Therefore, in most cases, you need to use the main KVS Tool application for that.

Again, this is noted on a carrier-by-carrier basis at at http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Classes.

There is no Award/Upgrade tab or link on the mobile site that I downloaded. There are only 4 options -- Availability, Time table, Flight info, or Seat map.

Do I need to uninstall and reinstall the app?

Also, the seat map has not worked for any of the flights I've tried to look up. Is it restricted to select airlines?

The [Award/Upgrade] functionality is only available in the main KVS Tool application on your laptop/desktop.

Seat Maps are supported for virtually all major airlines (within Star Alliance, OneWorld and SkyTeam), plus a number of others.

I'm a diamond with two questions:-
a) where & how do you search RTW fares?
b) can I search ALL available fares "FROM" a city without stating destination?
TIA

Please see http://Help.KVSTool.com/#RTW

No, as airline systems require both the origin and destination to be specified.

Thanks

Hi,
I'm a (2 time) former customer and I was wondering if there is any discount code for returning former customers? :D

Thanks!

YGPM!

Is there any way to search a number of dates at one time, rather than one at a time? I'm trying to get 2 seats YYZ-LHR in J using Aeroplan. I've plugged in a whole bunch of dates, but I only see availability in Y. Can I get the KVS tool to just look for the 2 seats in a specific date range, say June 15-30, rather than trying June 15, then June 16, etc...?

StarAlliance-7D searches for a week

Indeed, using the [Awards/StarAlliance-7D] Method in the KVS Tool, you can search for Award Availability 7 days at-a-time:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.7/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance-7D]

OT: had no idea YYZ-LHR was 5 daily! :eek:

I think I got something here. KVS is showing United Airways flights between GIG and GRU on a 727...

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.7/Diamond - Amadeus: Timetable/NL-BCDF]
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.7/Diamond - Amadeus: Timetable/NL-BCDF]

Interesting find -- United Airways is a Bangladesh-based airline and they don't have any 727s in their fleet:

http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airways

Interesting - as there are also references to '4H' being "Fly S/A Linhas Aereas", a Brazilian airline...

I understand that IATA codes can get recycled quite quickly (6 months after the previous airline is delisted) so it is not the first time I've seen an IATA code that apparently refers to two entirely different airlines, in different parts of the world...

Amadeus Operational Info doesn't seem to find those 4H GIG-GRU flights, so I wonder if they don't really exist...

Considering the fact that Fly Linhas Aéreas ceased operations 10 years ago, you can rest assured that the flights do not actually exist:
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Linhas_A%C3%A9reas

Evidently, they forgot to remove their recurring schedules from the system :).

Having a problem getting both ANA and Aeroplan availability now - no idea why - is it related to the IE10 problems I was encountering earlier?

Did a test - DNS is timing out:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.7/Diamond - Internet Connection Test]
Sabre, Galileo working...

Both Methods continue to function normally.
Please do check your MSIE Cookie Settings: http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Cookies

Any particular reason why when doing a CX F award search with the JL method from SFO-HKG, I can't get it to work at the 330 day out time line, and sometimes 329 doesn't work either. It's depressing how little space is available from all the west coast hubs in CX F...

It's a limitation of the [Awards/JL-OneWorld] Engine itself.

Can I get trial version for S-******** ?

Please remove the System Code from your post and visit http://Join.KVSTool.com/ for the available membership options.

I registered yesterday but haven't gotten a registration code yet?

Welcome to FT & KVS Tool!

Please check your E-Mail Junk/Spam folder and/or provide an alternative contact E-Mail address via http://Contact.KVSTool.com/

* did now, thanks, just got sent

Why is KVS installation trying to configure my Quickbooks?

Please see http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Q15

This answer suggests it is something wrong with MY system. Uh, no.

This is your installation program. :td:

Funny that the only time one of my online accounts was ever hacked was a day or two after I installed your KVS program about a year and half ago. Afraid to run it again after that I finally thought I'd give it another try and now lo and behold it's trying to do something with my accounting software.

... :confused:

needless to say, I think you're scamming people and will not use your tool.

As explained at http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Q15, that message comes from Windows Installer (http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer) and has nothing to do with the KVS Tool itself.

Once again, the KVS Tool has nothing to do with your accounting software, but Windows Installer does suggest that you correct its installation.

Says you. I've been installing dozens and dozens of programs over the years and NEVER had any such message before. Yet this happens so frequently to YOUR installation program that you have FAQ Question #15 dedicated to "answering" it. yeah, that's a "windows" problem. :rolleyes:

You might want to do some research before accusing people:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...3-0b870f99c8bb

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-a-different-a

Maybe something to do with a shared component?

edit:
and here's another
http://www.webmasterworld.com/micros...os/3142440.htm

and another :rolleyes:
http://sguforums.com/index.php?topic=11669.0

Any way to search for Emirates saver award space?

At the moment, only EK Partner Y Awards are supported:
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#EK

We expect that support for additional EK Award Booking Classes will become available in the KVS Tool as the EK-QF JV progresses.

Got a new error that I haven't seen before.

The first time I do an Amadeus: Awards/M&M query after starting KVS, I get a dialog saying:

Data Source Error [L1]:
"Please log in or enroll as a new member"

However, if I try the query again, it works fine. I have a true M&M account that even has miles in it, so it's not an issue of a temporary account. Logging into the M&M website works fie as well. Problem returns every time I restart KVS