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Nearly panicked, could not find Upgrades/UA ..................
but now called (5.01) ITA: Awards-Upgrades/X1 ?????????

So all is well but I did not see any warning of the change

Any ideas where

C:\Program Files\KVS Availability Tool\KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini

has gone? Can't find it for the life of me...!

Alex.

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexbellamy (Post 11956285)

Any ideas where

C:\Program Files\KVS Availability Tool\KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini

has gone? Can't find it for the life of me...!

Alex.

Is this on Vista? If so, Microsoft may have moved it to
C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Virtual Store\Program Files\KVS Availability Tool\KVS_AvailabilityTool.ini

How come Sabre searches take so long now? It seems that an average of 600k+ has to be downloaded before search results are shown.

Is there no way you can speed up this search by selecting a airline?

Quote:

Originally Posted by lallyr (Post 11969924)

How come Sabre searches take so long now? It seems that an average of 600k+ has to be downloaded before search results are shown.

Is there no way you can speed up this search by selecting a airline?

I agree with this viewpoint! (waiting, waiting, waiting....now the dimwit airline's agents are faster than me! :p)

Quote:

Originally Posted by lallyr (Post 11969924)

Is there no way you can speed up this search by selecting a airline?

Unfortunately, no -- both are the limitations of that engine. However, all subsequent queries (after the 1st one) should be faster.

When used with a fast engine (e.g. Amadeus Timetables), KVS Tool is capable of displaying results in less than 2 seconds from the time the Go button is pressed.

I get a DNS lookup error when I try to start KVS Tool and the website is also offline.

Anyone know what's up?

CO1677 not showing

Somehow the early morning flight CO1677 departing at 5:35am not showing up on the availability list.

[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.1/Diamond - WSpan: Availability/ITN/US-WOT]

Code:

PHL  Philadelphia Metro / Philadelphia Int'l PA US = PHL TTN [KPHL]

IAH  Houston George Bush Intercnt'l TX US [KIAH]

THU  27 Aug 2009



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

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

CO         1777    PHL   07:50     IAH   10:15     738  0   F9 D9 Z9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 K0 Q9 U0 V9 G0 W9 E0 S9 T0 N9 L0

CO         657     PHL   12:28     IAH   14:50     738  0   F9 D9 Z9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 K0 Q9 U0 V9 G0 W9 E0 S9 T0 N9 L0

CO         1877    PHL   15:35     IAH   18:04     73G  0   F9 D9 Z9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 K0 Q9 U0 V9 G0 W9 E0 S9 T0 N9 L0

CO         1077    PHL   17:44     IAH   20:17     739  0   F9 D9 Z9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 K0 Q9 U0 V9 G0 W9 E0 S9 T0 N9 L0

Quote:

Originally Posted by midlevels (Post 12001855)

I get a DNS lookup error when I try to start KVS Tool and the website is also offline.

Anyone know what's up?

All systems continue to function normally. Could have been a temporary issue on your ISP's end. Otherwise, pls see http://Help.KVSTool.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyrenees (Post 12003543)

CO1677 not showing

Somehow the early morning flight CO1677 departing at 5:35am not showing up on the availability list.

Pls see http://FAQ.KVSTool.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS (Post 12004060)

All systems continue to function normally. Could have been a temporary issue on your ISP's end. Otherwise, pls see http://Help.KVSTool.com

I'm confused, why does the KVS tool need to phone home every time it's run? What if your website is down, then as I user I wouldn't be able to do searches? (Thinking about signing up)

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopinc1 (Post 12010167)

I'm confused, why does the KVS tool need to phone home every time it's run?

verify license info

Quote:

Originally Posted by soitgoes (Post 12010429)

verify license info

Correct -- it is a part of the authentication and version checking mechanism.

KVW Newb here. Downloaded the tool earlier today and registered as a lite user mainly so I could look up the pax loads on my upcoming flights. The "lite" registration only allows me the use of WSPAN: Availability/ITN method. I'm assuming WSPAN is yet another reservation system like Sabre/Apollo/Galleleo.

A two part query so please bear with me.

Following is the availability displayed by KVS for my flights.

Quote:

[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.1/Lite - WSpan: Availability/ITN/US-WOT]

Code:

SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]

BOM  Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji IN [VABB]

TUE  07 Jul 2009



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

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

CX         138     SYD   21:55     HKG   05:25 +1  330  0   J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O0

 -> CX     685     HKG   14:15 +1  BOM   18:05 +1  330  0   J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O0

Does this mean that CX188 and CX685 both have the same number of available seats? That seems a bit wrong to me.

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So, Looking up the segments individually, it seems that CX138 Departing SYD on 7th July looks like this

Quote:

[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.1/Lite - WSpan: Availability/ITN/US-WOT]

Code:

SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]

HKG  Hong Kong Int'l HK [VHHH]

TUE  07 Jul 2009



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

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

CX         138     SYD   21:55     HKG   05:25 +1  330  0   J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9

While CX685 from HKG to BOM on 8th July looks like this

Quote:

[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.1/Lite - WSpan: Availability/ITN/US-WOT]

Code:

HKG  Hong Kong Int'l HK [VHHH]

BOM  Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji IN [VABB]

WED  08 Jul 2009



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

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

CX         685     HKG   14:15     BOM   18:05     330  0   J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S5 N9 Q9 O5

So, does this mean that -
1. CX138 departing SYD on 7th July has 135 vacant seats available across both business and economy?
2. CX685 departing HKG on 8th July has 127 vacant seats available across both business and economy?

Experts, Help.

No, "9" is the maximum number of seats that is exposed at any time in this reservation system. As for the various fare buckets, you can't add them together. At an extreme, there may be 9 seats available in business and they are willing to sell them in any fare class.

As for different numbers being shown depending on whether you look at the direct flights or the combination, airlines expose different seats for different routes to maximize revenue.