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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.

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
Website’s 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 Flightradar24’s 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.

http://reservations.usairways.com/Default.aspx
Terms of Use:
http://reservations.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/site_usage_policy.html
Content may be used for non-commercial personal use only, and you agree not to modify, copy, transmit, distribute, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, sell or otherwise transfer any information, software, products or services obtained from the Site without prior written permission from US Airways. You agree not to use any automatic device, manual process, or scraping to monitor or copy the Site or the content contained therein for any purpose without US Airways’ prior written permission. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site.

https://book.austrian.com/app/fb.fly
Terms of Use:
http://www.austrian.com/Info/LegalRegulations/WebsiteTerms.aspx?sc_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:
...
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:
...
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
...
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.
...
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:
...
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
Terms of Use:

https://secure.jetairways.com/PlatformID/Identify.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://tickets.airtran.com/SeatAvailability.aspx
Terms of Use:
http://www.southwest.com/html/about-...ons/index.html
Prohibited Activities

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 this site for public or commercial purposes without our express written permission. Nothing on this site shall be construed to confer any grant or license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, by implication, or otherwise.

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.
...
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
Terms of Use:

https://wtrweb.worldtracer.aero/WorldTracerWeb/pax.do
Terms of Use:

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
Terms of Use:

https://www.airberlin.com/en-DE/cockpit
Terms of Use:

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
Terms of Use:

https://www.checkmytrip.com/CMTSERVLET
Terms of Use:
https://www.checkmytrip.com/cmt/apf/...&SITE=NCMTNCMT
3. Licence restrictions

3.1 Except as expressly set out in this EULA or as permitted by any local law, you agree:
...
(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
Terms of Use:

https://www.finnair.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.flysas.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.iberia.com/web/retrievePNR.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.lot.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.lufthansa.com
Terms of Use:
http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...d=2016866&l=en

2. Proprietary rights
...You may not, either in whole or in part, copy, modify, distribute or use or reproduce in other form contents of the Lufthansa-website, or the underlying software code, without the prior written consent of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
https://www.routehappy.com/
Terms of Use:

https://www.swiss.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.tripforyou.net/t4u/PTopAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.tripple.jp
Terms of Use:

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/app...n/default.aspx
Terms of Use:
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/legal.aspx This website is for the User's personal, noncommercial use only. User agrees not to modify, copy, alter, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from this website without United’s prior written permission. User agrees not to use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy this website or the content contained therein or for any other unauthorized purpose without United’s prior written permission. ... United reserves the right to investigate any illegal and/or unauthorized use of this website, including, but not limited to, unauthorized framing of this website or unauthorized use of any robot, spider or other automated device, and to take appropriate legal action, including, without limitation, civil, criminal and injunctive redress.

https://www.viewtrip.com/GetItin.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://www.virginamerica.com/book/ow/a1/
Terms of Use:

https://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/g...ndBooking.next
Terms of Use:

https://www.virtuallythere.com/new/reservations.html
Terms of Use:

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/
Terms of Use:

http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi
Terms of Use:

http://www.airframes.org/fleet/
Terms of Use:

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_H...oking-now.html
Terms of Use:

http://www.flightradar24.com/
Terms of Use:

http://www.FlightStats.com/go/Flight...ingByFlight.do
http://www.FlightStats.com/go/Flight...tusByFlight.do
Terms of Use:

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
Q: May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps on my web page?
A: You may use maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper on non-commercial web pages (q.v. commericial use below) so long as you do not profit from them and you include the following credit on pages which include maps:
...
Q: May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps for commercial sites or publications?
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
Terms of Use:
http://www.iata.org/Pages/terms.aspx
2. Your Conduct

The content on this Site is for your personal use only within the organization or entity to which you are attached as applicable, and it is not intended for commercial exploitation unless expressly agreed in writing by IATA through a duly authorized representative. IATA authorizes you to download or reproduce selected materials at this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use, in the ordinary course of business provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials on any copies of the materials and that the title or database brand name and IATA name is stated as the source.

You may not otherwise modify, disassemble, create derivative works, distribute, reproduce, publicly display, perform, transmit, re-transmit, sell, rent, sublicense, or otherwise use any materials or content on this Site for commercial or non-commercial exploitation by yourself or the organization or entity to which you are attached or permit third parties to so do. Without limitation, unlimited or wholesale reproduction, copying of the content for commercial or non-commercial purposes and unwarranted modification of data and information within the content is not permitted, and any use of these materials on any other website or networked computer environment for any purpose without IATA’s prior written consent is prohibited.
...
4. Intellectual Property Rights

...You must not modify, decompile, or reverse engineer any software IATA discloses to you via this Site, and you must not remove, overprint, or deface any notice of copyright, trademark, logo, legend, or other notice of ownership from any originals or copies of software or information from the website. "IATA Trademarks" means all names, marks, brands, URL names or addresses, logos, designs, trade dress and other designations IATA uses in connection with Products or Services. You are not permitted to incorporate any IATA Trademarks into any other trademarks, service marks, company names, Internet addresses, domain names, or any other similar designations. Any unauthorized use of any materials contained on this website may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

http://www.itn.net/cgi/get
Terms of Use:

http://www.kenya-airways.com/kqbook.aspx
Terms of Use:

http://www.myairlines.ru
Terms of Use:

http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/do/dyn/checkmytrip
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatexpert.com/multiple_results.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatguru.com/ajax/findseatmap.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatmaestro.com/airlines-...eckmytrip.html
http://www.seatmaestro.com/themes/de...te_airline.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatplans.com/ajax/Airline
http://www.seatplans.com/ajax/airports-and-city
http://www.seatplans.com/find-and-compare/
Terms of Use:
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Old Oct 21, 2008, 1:18 pm
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KVS
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Originally Posted by stephem
and ultimately wound up finding an AF Z fare that has a 5 day advance purchase for around $2500. Neither of the KVS fare tools seem to pull that up.
Could you pls provide the particulars of that AZ fare?
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Old Oct 21, 2008, 5:07 pm
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It's an Air France fare
AF LAXLON ZEEND
Originally Posted by KVS
Could you pls provide the particulars of that AZ fare?
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Old Oct 21, 2008, 5:41 pm
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Originally Posted by stephem
It's an Air France fare
AF LAXLON ZEEND
This is actually very odd. The latest changes should not have made any difference in your scenario, and this fare should have came-up via Fares/DotRes... But I have just verified and there definitely appears to be a system issue with DotRes, but it is unrelated to the change... Nice fare, BTW!

[KVS Availability Tool 3.3.1/Platinum - ZUJ: LAX-LON/AF/ZEEND/*]
Code:
BUSINESS CLASS RESTRICTED

[RULE APPLICATION AND OTHER CONDITIONS]
AIR FRANCE - BUSINESS CLASS RESTRICTED FARE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO
AREA 02 / 03 APPLICATION AREA THESE FARES APPLY FROM UNITED STATES TO
AREA 2/AREA 3. CLASS OF SERVICE THESE FARES APPLY FOR BUSINESS CLASS
SERVICE. TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION FARES GOVERNED BY THIS RULE CAN BE
USED TO CREATE ROUND-TRIP/CIRCLE-TRIP/OPEN-JAW JOURNEYS. CAPACITY LIMITATIONS
THE CARRIER SHALL LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED ON
ANY ONE FLIGHT AT FARES GOVERNED BY THIS RULE AND SUCH FARES WILL NOT
NECESSARILY BE AVAILABLE ON ALL FLIGHTS. THE NUMBER OF SEATS, WHICH
THE CARRIER SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON A GIVEN FLIGHT, WILL BE DETERMINED
BY THE CARRIER S BEST JUDGEMENT. OTHER CONDITIONS THE FARE THAT APPLIES
ON THE DATE OF PURCHASE IS ONLY VALID FOR THE ENTIRE ITINERARY AND
THE SPECIFIC TRAVEL DATES MENTIONED ON THE TICKET. ANY MODIFICATION
MAY REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT. FULL AND SEQUENTIAL
USE OF FLIGHT COUPONS- THE TICKET/ OR ELECTRONIC TICKET / IS NOT VALID
IF THE FIRST COUPON HAS NOT BEEN USED AND WILL NOT BE HONORED IF
ALL THE COUPONS ARE NOT USED IN THE SEQUENCE PROVIDED IN THE TICKET /
OR ELECTRONIC TICKET / .

[ELIGIBILITY]
NO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS APPLY.

[DAY/TIME]
NO DAY/TIME TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS APPLY.

[SEASONALITY]
NO SEASONAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS APPLY.

[FLIGHT APPLICATION]
OUTBOUND - THE FARE COMPONENT MUST BE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING
AF FLIGHT 061. AND - INBOUND - THE FARE COMPONENT MUST BE ON ONE OR MORE
OF THE FOLLOWING ANY AF FLIGHT OPERATED BY AF.

[ADVANCE RESERVATIONS/TICKETING]
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING. WHEN RESERVATIONS ARE
MADE AT LEAST 11 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE TICKETING MUST BE COMPLETED AT
LEAST 8 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE --- OR WHEN RESERVATIONS ARE MADE AT
LEAST 5 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE TICKETING MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 3 DAY
AFTER RESERVATIONS ARE MADE OR AT LEAST 4 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE WHICHEVER
IS EARLIER --- OR TICKETING MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 1 DAY AFTER
RESERVATIONS ARE MADE --------------------------------------------------
NOTE - DIFFERENCE COULD EXIST BETWEEN THE CRS LAST TICKETING DATE
AND TTL ROBOT REMARK. --- THE MOST RESTRICTIVE DATE PREVAILS ---
--------------------------------------------------

[MINIMUM STAY]
TRAVEL FROM TURNAROUND MUST COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN THE FIRST SUN AFTER
DEPARTURE OF THE OUTBOUND TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.

[MAXIMUM STAY]
TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN 1 MONTH AFTER DEPARTURE
FROM FARE ORIGIN.

[STOPOVERS]
NO STOPOVERS PERMITTED.

[TRANSFERS]
UNLIMITED TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION ON AF ONLY IN EACH DIRECTION.
FARE BREAK SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED AND EMBEDDED SURFACE
SECTORS PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT. OR - 2 TRANSFERS PERMITTED
IN EACH DIRECTION. 1 PERMITTED IN UNITED STATES IN EACH DIRECTION 1 PERMITTED
VIA AF ONLY IN FRANCE IN EACH DIRECTION. FARE BREAK SURFACE
SECTORS NOT PERMITTED AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED ON THE FARE
COMPONENT.

[COMBINATIONS]
DOUBLE OPEN JAWS NOT PERMITTED. ADD-ONS PERMITTED. END-ON-END END-ON-END
COMBINATIONS PERMITTED WITH DOMESTIC FARES BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED WITH
INTERNATIONAL FARES. VALIDATE ALL FARE COMPONENTS. FARES MUST BE
SHOWN SEPARATELY ON THE TICKET. TRAVEL MUST BE VIA THE POINT OF COMBINATION.
OPEN JAWS/ROUND TRIPS/CIRCLE TRIPS FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A
HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS -TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS/ROUND TRIPS/
CIRCLE TRIPS. PROVIDED - COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER
AF BETWEEN LAX AND LON IN ANY RULE IN TARIFF IPRA    - BETWEEN USA/CA-AREA
2/3 AND GUAM-AREA 2.

[BLACKOUT DATES]
NO BLACKOUT DATES APPLY.

[SURCHARGES]
ORIGINATING UNITED STATES - MISCELLANEOUS/OTHER SURCHARGE OF USD 183.00
PER DIRECTION WILL BE ADDED TO THE APPLICABLE FARE.

[ACCOMPANIED TRAVEL]
ACCOMPANIED TRAVEL NOT REQUIRED.

[TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS]
VALID FOR TRAVEL COMMENCING ON/BEFORE 06NOV08.

[SALES RESTRICTIONS]
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/BEFORE 02NOV08.

[PENALTIES]
FARE RULE CHANGES  BEFORE DEPARTURE CHARGE USD 200.00. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS
APPLY. NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING. -1- BEFORE
DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY AND BEFORE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FLIGHT --------------------------------------------------
THE NEW BASE FARE AMOUNT
MUST BE RECALCULATED USING CURRENT AND APPLICABLE FARES IN EFFECT
AT THE DATE OF REISSUE UNDER FOLLOWING CONDITIONS - CHANGE OR REROUTING
WITH SAME FARE BASIS -- SEASONS/MIDWEEK/WEEKEND MAY BE DIFFERENT
THE NEW BASE FARE AMOUNT MAY BE LOWER - EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS
- CHANGE OR REROUTING OR UPG TO ANY SPECIAL FARE THE NEW BASE FARE AMOUNT
MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS - CHANGE OR REROUTING OR
UPG TO ANY NORMAL FARE THE NEW BASE FARE AMOUNT MAY BE LOWER - EQUAL
OR HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS ------------------------------------------------
 BEFORE DEPARTURE CHANGES NOT PERMITTED IN CASE OF NO-SHOW. NOTE
- TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING. -2- BEFORE DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY
BUT AFTER ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FLIGHT /NO-SHOW/ --------------------------------------------------
CHANGES OR REROUTING ARE NOT PERMITTED
REFER TO REFUND CONDITIONS. --------------------------------------------------
 AFTER DEPARTURE CHARGE USD 200.00. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS
APPLY. NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING. -3- AFTER
DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY --------------------------------------------------
THE NEW BASE FARE AMOUNT MUST BE RECALCULATED BY USING HISTORICAL
AND APPLICABLE FARES IN EFFECT AT THE ORIGINAL TICKET DATE UNDER
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS - CHANGE OR REROUTING WITH SAME FARE BASIS -- SEASONS/MIDWEEK/WEEKEND
MAY BE DIFFERENT THE NEW BASE FARE AMOUNT MAY BE
LOWER - EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS - CHANGE OR REROUTING OR UPG
TO ANY SPECIAL FARER THE NEW BASE  FARE AMOUNT MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER
THAN PREVIOUS - CHANGE OR REROUTING OR UPG TO ANY NORMAL FARE THE NEW
BASE FARE AMOUNT MAY BE LOWER - EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS  CANCELLATIONS
 ANY TIME CHARGE USD 200.00 FOR CANCEL. CHILD/INFANT DISCOUNTS
APPLY. NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING. ----------------
  REFUND   ---------------------- -1- BEFORE DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY
AND BEFORE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FLIGHT TICKET IS REFUNDABLE --------------------------------------------------
-2- BEFORE DEPARTURE
OF JOURNEY BUT AFTER ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FLIGHT /NO-SHOW/ TICKET IS
REFUNDABLE ------------------------------------------------- -3- AFTER
DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY REFUND THE DIFFERENCE IF ANY BETWEEN THE FARE
PAID AND THE APPLICABLE OW FARE FOR SECTOR ACTUALLY FLOWN  GENERAL RULE
- APPLY UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED
FOR AUTOPRICING. AT ANY TIME - IN CASE OF REFUND - PAPER TICKET SURCHARGE
IS NOT REFUNDABLE WHEN APPLIED.

[HIP/MILEAGE EXCEPTIONS]
THE HIGHER INTERMEDIATE POINT RULE DOES NOT APPLY FOR CONNECTIONS. AND
- THE HIGHER INTERMEDIATE POINT RULE DOES NOT APPLY FOR STOPOVERS.

[TICKET ENDORSEMENTS]
TICKET ENDORSEMENT NOT REQUIRED.

[CHILDREN DISCOUNTS]
CNN/ACCOMPANIED CHILD PSGR 2-11 - NO DISCOUNT. OR - INS/INFANT WITH A
SEAT PSGR UNDER 2 - NO DISCOUNT. OR - 1ST INF/INFANT WITHOUT A SEAT PSGR
UNDER 2 - CHARGE 10 PERCENT OF THE FARE. TICKET DESIGNATOR - IN AND
DISCOUNT PERCENT. MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL FLIGHTS IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT
BY ADULT PSGR 12 OR OLDER. OR - UNN/UNACCOMPANIED CHILD PSGR
5-11 - NO DISCOUNT.

[TOUR CONDUCTOR DISCOUNTS]
TUR/TOUR CONDUCTOR PSGR - NO DISCOUNT.

[AGENT DISCOUNTS]
AGT/AGENT PSGR - NO DISCOUNT.

[ALL OTHER DISCOUNTS]
NO DISCOUNTS FOR OTHERS.

[MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS]
NOTE - TEXT BELOW NOT VALIDATED FOR AUTOPRICING. THE FARE THAT APPLIES
ON THE DATE OF PURCHASE IS ONLY VALID FOR THE ENTIRE ITINERARY AND THE
SPECIFIC TRAVEL DATES MENTIONED ON THE TICKET. ANY MODIFICATION MAY
REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT. FULL AND SEQUENTIAL USE
OF FLIGHT COUPONS- THE TICKET/ OR ELECTRONIC TICKET / IS NOT VALID
IF THE FIRST COUPON HAS NOT BEEN USED AND WILL NOT BE HONORED IF ALL
THE COUPONS ARE NOT USED IN THE SEQUENCE PROVIDED IN THE TICKET / OR
ELECTRONIC TICKET / .

[FARE BY RULE]
NOT APPLICABLE.

[GROUPS]
NO GROUP PROVISIONS APPLY.

[TOURS]
NO TOUR PROVISIONS APPLY.

[VISIT ANOTHER COUNTRY]
NO VISIT ANOTHER COUNTRY PROVISIONS APPLY.

[DEPOSITS]
NO DEPOSIT PROVISIONS APPLY.

[NEGOTIATED FARES]
NOT APPLICABLE. IC.INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION NOT A CONSTRUCTED FARE
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Old Oct 22, 2008, 4:58 am
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Hi KVS,
I'm a new user and tried searching for the answers but I couldn't find them. So, my apologies if this has already been asked.

Is there a way for KVS to send an e-mail alert when a certain fare bucket becomes available on a flight. (i.e. if we are waiting for NC inventory to open up, is there a way for KVS to e-mail us.)

Also, when I typed in my password for the United.com profile (upgrade search), I initially selected that I didn't want KVS to remember my password, but now I do. Is there a way to change that setting?

Thanks in advance.
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Old Oct 22, 2008, 6:42 am
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Originally Posted by raptor288
Hi KVS,
I'm a new user and tried searching for the answers but I couldn't find them. So, my apologies if this has already been asked.

Is there a way for KVS to send an e-mail alert when a certain fare bucket becomes available on a flight. (i.e. if we are waiting for NC inventory to open up, is there a way for KVS to e-mail us.)
Such functionaility is not currently available in KVS Tool.

Originally Posted by raptor288
Also, when I typed in my password for the United.com profile (upgrade search), I initially selected that I didn't want KVS to remember my password, but now I do. Is there a way to change that setting?
Yes:
  • Goto Start -> Run
  • Enter "C:\Program Files\KVS Availability Tool\KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini"
  • Find a line that says "SavePassword=No" and change it to "SavePassword=Yes"
  • Save the file and Exit
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Old Oct 22, 2008, 9:32 am
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Originally Posted by stephem
I understand that you are at the mercy of providers and the fares/ZUJ engine was not under your control. But as others have pointed out, this is a major loss in functionality for KVS.
I just spent a couple hours, unsuccessfully, trying to do what would have taken 20 min tops in the past with KVS. Fares TVN is ok for coach fares, but completely missed business fares for my searches.
I just wanted to avoid paying $7k for a short notice flight to europe in business class and was willing to fly anywhere west coast to anywhere in N europe. I gave up on KVS and used ITA to "needle in the haystack" search to find some better deals and ultimately wound up finding an AF Z fare that has a 5 day advance purchase for around $2500. Neither of the KVS fare tools seem to pull that up.
I am not sure what else is out there for you to tap into, but that lost functionality is critical to me.
The new version will NOT even pull up all the coach fares if the fare list is long.
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Old Oct 22, 2008, 7:17 pm
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Originally Posted by raptor288
.... send an e-mail alert when a certain fare bucket becomes available on a flight.
Expertflyer offers this specific feature under flight alerts. I've used it for AA and snagged a few upgrades before being cleared by them. Should work in your case as well.
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Old Oct 22, 2008, 7:31 pm
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Originally Posted by KVS
Such functionaility is not currently available in KVS Tool.


Yes:
  • Goto Start -> Run
  • Enter "C:\Program Files\KVS Availability Tool\KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini"
  • Find a line that says "SavePassword=No" and change it to "SavePassword=Yes"
  • Save the file and Exit
Perfect, thank you very much.
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Old Oct 23, 2008, 1:44 pm
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Why in the following search is LH4722 both available and unavailable?


[KVS Availability Tool 3.3.1/Platinum - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA]
Code:
SIN  Singapore Changi SG [WSSS]
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
SUN  23 Aug 2009 / 1 Seat

Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C       Availability
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ------------- 
LH        779    SIN  23:05     FRA  05:25 +1  744       FS+  CS-  YS-
 -> LH    4722   FRA  07:30 +1  LHR  08:05 +1  321       FS/  CS-  YS-
SQ        26     SIN  23:50     FRA  06:30 +1  744       FS-  CS+  YS+
 -> LH    4722   FRA  07:30 +1  LHR  08:05 +1  321       FS/  CS+  YS+
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Old Oct 23, 2008, 1:56 pm
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Originally Posted by kryten22uk
Why in the following search is LH4722 both available and unavailable?
See Segment Marriage Logic at http://www.KVSTool.com/FAQ.php#Factors
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Old Oct 23, 2008, 2:13 pm
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Originally Posted by KVS
See Segment Marriage Logic at http://www.KVSTool.com/FAQ.php#Factors
Thanks
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Old Oct 24, 2008, 11:54 am
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Not sure if this has been covered before. For a simple point to point flight query, all of BA's services usually show up on all four availability engines. For some reason BA142 DELLHR 11 Nov (or any date) is only showing up now via Sabre and Galileo. Odd...
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Old Oct 24, 2008, 3:58 pm
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Originally Posted by virtualtroy
Not sure if this has been covered before. For a simple point to point flight query, all of BA's services usually show up on all four availability engines. For some reason BA142 DELLHR 11 Nov (or any date) is only showing up now via Sabre and Galileo. Odd...
Pls see FAQ.KVSTool.com
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Old Oct 25, 2008, 1:50 am
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Originally Posted by KVS
Pls see FAQ.KVSTool.com
Which pointed me to this page. Still doesn't answer my question. Why is one out of two daily flights on this route absent from both Apollo and WSpan?
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Old Oct 25, 2008, 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by virtualtroy
Which pointed me to this page. Still doesn't answer my question. Why is one out of two daily flights on this route absent from both Apollo and WSpan?
No, that's a list of supported BA booking classes. Pls keep reading the KVS Tool User Guide/FAQ to find an answer to your question ...
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