There is no Award Availability on that date -- please download V7.3.2.R3 to ensure that the correct Error Message gets displayed:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.2/Diamond - Awards/BA-OneWorld]

I have the latest update but am getting the same error message re "please enter departure" on BA award searches. The same dates work fine when searching OW awards. Any suggestions?

Continue to get error message when looking for Award Travel on OneWorld:

Data Source Error [RD-2]

"Please enter a departure"

Please fix.

OK, although the KVS tool said I had the latest update, I did download R4 from the website and installed it.

Problem resolved.

Hi there,

I just downloaded and installed KVS Tool and have been playing around with it. However, the Availability/FS method does not seem to show any AA flights. I am searching for CLT - LGA on 2/7/2014. There are a handful of AA flights that day but none are showing up. Am I missing something?

You need to download V7.3.2.R4:

Welcome to FT!

Welcome to the KVS Tool!

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

Thanks a lot KVS. That did it, though not every AA flight is showing up. Searching CLT - LGA using Availability/ETR for 3/21/2014, and only AA 3594 appears. Google Flights shows several flights for that day. Any idea?

You need to specify the Airline:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.2/Diamond - Availability/ETR/JP]

Got it. Thanks KVS!

I'm still learning what KVS is telling me...

I'm looking for two business class award seats on 25 Feb 2014 from AUS to MAD. KVS shows an IB flight (IB 6250) with CS+ availability from JFK to MAD. However, the AA representative on the phone says that there is zero business class award availability on that flight. What am I reading incorrectly?

IB is known to have system connectivity issues with its partners.
There is no C Award Availability on that flight, according to the [Awards/BA-OneWorld] Engine:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.2/Diamond - Awards/BA-OneWorld]

Hello all,

I was wondering the following: I often see flucuating ticket prices. For instance: A KLM ticket that was 86 euros on monday afternoon, 109 on mondag evening and 88 on tuesday morning. I'm wondering if KVS could give me any useful information about these fluctuations (chances of price going down for instance). Edit: Just found the answer to my first questions:

Also I was wondering if there are any trials available?

Edit2: In addition to that, I was wondering if Easyjet, Ryanair, Wizzair are supported?

Thanks in advance!

The 2-month Membership options are the shortest available:
http://Join.KVSTool.com/

LCCs do not use the Availability system.
However, Schedules and Flight Status are supported for most LCCs.

I've been loving KVS for quite awhile and have just downloaded Crossover so I can get my KVS love at home on my Mac. When do you think the bug will be fixed that generates this message, "The [Awards/StarAlliance]/[Awards/StarAlliance-7D] Methods cannot currently function under CrossOver Mac (Error Message: "Engine Error SF1-BSY/SF1-BKM" or "ANA"), due to a bug in the CrossOver/WINE system itself. Please use the [Awards/AC-StarAlliance] Method instead (Diamond level membership is required)."?

Unfortunately, the WINE/CrossOver teams do not provide any specific ETAs when it comes to their bugs.

For immediate access to the Methods in question, you may wish to consider using one of the other Mac solutions instead: http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Mac

Are *A Awards still available for search on KVS? Seems like the functionality was killed off on the "other" search engine. Other tool was a bit easier to read and had a lower learning curve, but now that I've learned a bit, seems that KVS is not too big an issue to learn ;)

KVS Tool users continue to enjoy 100% Star Alliance Award Availability coverage:

http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Classes

I purchased the 12m diamond membership several days ago. However, I did not get any email after a temporary registration code. Could you please help me?

Please check your E-Mail Inbox.

I am running into an error running a Skyteam Award search on CZ, LAX to CAN to SYD. I've tried individual segments and LAX to SYD and the majority of the time I receive an error "Datasource Error [RD] Engine Error/Date Out-of-Range", but I am searching dates in Feb 2014. Once in a great while the tool will return a result without error, but there seems to be no pattern to it. I am able to log into the AirFrance website and run the same search without any problems.

Could you please provide a specific search example and a screenshot from AF.com?

Looking at this in more detail, for days on which a calendar search on AF shows availability KVS will return the flights, but on days which their are no openings it returns an error instead of no flights. This makes the new power search feature unusable.

It is an issue with the Engine itself as it is returning an error when there is no Award Availability.

For [Power Search], you may wish to use the [Availability/FS] Method instead:

http://Help.KVSTool.com/#CZ

For the SkyTeam (AF) method, I am seeing certain flights (mostly MU) where there is availability A-B-C but nothing shows when you search B-C itself. Availability/FS option shows zero. Is it safe to assume there is no availability on the flight in question or are they applying married segment logic to awards too?

Also seems to be a large discrepancy between the SkyTeam-AF and the Availability-FS options when it comes to MU flights in general.

The [Awards/SkyTeam] Method does not support MU flights.
We have updated the KVS Tool User Guide and [Availability/ETR] is now the preferred Method for MU Award Availability:

http://Help.KVSTool.com/#MU

Thank you :-:

hi everyone, sorry I think I got the most idiotic question in this tread, but I just can't figure out. I use KVS tool for a long time, but I was looking for couple fares and wanted to try to find using this fare(ITA)

It takes me to http://www.kvstool.com/ITAQueryBuilder/

on top it says Copy-and-Paste these values into the corresponding fields in the frame below.

I put the dep. and arrival routing codes

for example:
WAS :: /F UA.WAS+SAO.KLX2G9LN for departure
SAO :: /F UA.WAS+SAO.KLX2G9LN for arrival


[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.3/Diamond - Fares/PSH/RU]

IAD Washington Dulles Intl DC US [KIAD]
SAO Sao Paulo Metro SP BR = GRU CGH VCP
R/T 10 Jun 2014 | Economy-Low

Carrier From To Fare Cur AdvanceP Min Max Fare Basis | Travel Period
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- --- --------------------------
UA WAS SAO 1043 USD 21 Days 7 KLX2G9LN 11 Mar-18 Jul


I keep getting No flights found.


Am I doing something wrong or just all flights are sold out and ita tool won't show them.

Again, sorry for stupid question, but I tried searching and couldn't find such stupid idea like I just had :)

Thanks!

After copying-and-pasting the Departure/Arrival values, select the [Calendar Of Lowest Fares] option (say 01 Apr 2014, 7 nights).

BA-OneWorld Method and AB
 

I am having trouble getting the BA-OneWorld method (or any other method) to find AB awards - I get error messages like - enter valid departure date (which I did) or destination is not supported (e.g. IST, SAW and AYT both give this error).

Any suggestions?

I'm showing award availability (Y) on AB flights next October (ex. Oct 1 JFK-TXL) . I'm using version 7.3.1.R2 of KVS and using the Awards OneWorld search.

thanks, I also have the most recent version and can get some routes to show but ones to cities in Turkey are giving me the problem.

AB does not fly to IST/SAW. The [Awards/BA-OneWorld] Engine does not currently support AYT, but [Awards/OneWorld] does:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.3/Diamond - Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP1]

OK, thanks, will adjust my searches.

Hi. I just bought the KVS tool which looks very good but I do not know how to use it... can you direct me where I can learn about it? I also want to know quickly how to see information about Sky Team RTW?

Click on the ? mark in the upper right hand corner, then click on "user guide"

Happy New Year everyone.

run into this weird error message with any search combination under Fares/PSH,

"//mc.yandex.ru/watch/1193454"

anyone has a clue??? please help.

I'm having the same problem, but it looks like there's not much we can do. The site where KVS gets the info has changed some of its pages causing KVS to trip up. Without an update to the software, the Fares/PSH method won't work :(

ok.... i thought i was the only one.