100% Star Alliance Award Availability Coverage via [Awards/StarAlliance]
 

Good news, indeed -- the KVS Tool website has now been updated accordingly:
So KVS Tool members can now get the best of both worlds!

Need help with search for AA award on CX
 

I am not sure what I am doing wrong

With Amadeus: Awards/CX, I could find YS+ on CX 879 (SFO-HKG) and CX 765 (HKG-SGN). Cathay website shows that those flights are available for economy standard award.

ExPlat desk insisted that there was no coach award on those flights, only first. Does it mean that I can't use Amadeus: Awards/CX to search for AA awards?

Please help!

Thanks!

No, it just means that you may need to call AA again (and again, and again ..., until you get a competent agent).

Thanks for the quick reply. Do you have tips on how to guide an agent through this process so she can find that one seat?

Yes -- please see http://FAQ.KVSTool.com

More questions on Awards/CX
 

I noticed something strange

When I searched for SFO-SGN (on July 4), I saw FS/ CS- YS+ for CX 879 (SFO-HKG) -> CX 765 (HKG-SGN)

However, when I searched for SFO-HKG, I saw FS+ CS- YS- for CX 879.

What could cause this discrepancy? Does the economy award to SGN really exist?

Cathay website was able to bring up CX 879 & CX765 together for an economy award ticket, but I don't have Asia miles so will need to go through AA to book, and AA Explat desk only sees Z (first) inventory. Of course I can call back, but the discrepancy between 2 searches makes me less confident in what I am asking for.

Looks like an issue on CX's end -- [Awards/OneWorld] also shows that only F is available:

[KVS Availability Tool 5.4.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP1]

Do whatever you can, move heaven and earth if necessary, to redeem for CX F. Best seat I've ever slept in. ^

Idea for KVS option...
 

Hey KVS,

Great tool. I'm not sure if this function exists at the moment, but its something I've always thought would be useful.

The ability to search an entire month (or date range) for the availability for a particular class on a particular flight.

So for example, if I want to search the entire month of June for availabiltiy in Q class on TG 955 between BKK-OSL. At the moment, its a pain the rear to check each day one at a time.

Any idea if this sort of thing could be implemented?

Cheers,
AB

Thanks! I'll do that some time soon. Unfortunately, this search is for a friend, who will not even entertain the idea of traveling in C! She'd rather buy a ticket than redeem for anything other than coach.

Thanks for checking for me. Oh well, I guess finding a coach award to Viet Nam in July/August is impossible on OneWorld now :(

It would require the app submitting the 30 requests for you rather than you clicking the buttons every time. The app is just reading the data from a website so it would have to repeat the query a bunch and then come up with a UI to display it in. Not likely to happen, I don't think. If nothing else, the query time would be pretty long as it runs 3-10 seconds per query for a basic inventory search, longer for things like the ANA queries for *A. Multiply that out by 30 days in one shot and you're looking at a few minutes of waiting for it to do something.

As you know, KVS Tool members continue to enjoy a number of exclusive features, including the most comprehensive award availability coverage across all 3 global airline alliances (including a 100% Star Alliance award coverage). Unfortunately, automated multiple-date search functionality would not currently be 'compatible' with these features for a number of policy and technical-related reasons.

However, you can start from 01 Jun, set a [Filter] to TG and Q class and then simply keep pressing <Ctrl>+<PgDown> until you hit an available date.

Hi KVS.

Great tool....just found a great fare LHR-AKL and told my travel agent (a moron on contract with my employer who only knows how to book NZ) which fare bucket to look for.....she had no idea!! Got RT fare for NZ$1,297 a.i. My accounts manager wants to use this instead of the TA now. ^^^^^^^

On another note, I have been trying to check award availability on OW for the US domestic portion of a OW - NZ-US R/T....I have the return booked (LAX-AKL), but in checking the segments BWI-LAX for 13 Jul, it give me a message of "Data cannot be checked for the specified origin / destination / Route Too Complex." Any ideas? I need this to link in with my saved award Itin for the LAX-AKL....

Many thanks....

You need to make sure that you are using the latest version and that the POS is set to "AU-QFA-SP1".