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AndySAV Sep 29, 2010 1:44 pm


Originally Posted by AndySAV (Post 14805394)
I'll call back again today. The agent told me that I was probably seeing availability as if I had a QF FF account. The BA website shows nothing available on that date. Maybe BA is restricting awards like UA

Just wanted to update. I called back and the seats were available this time, so I'm off the AKL in JAN :)

The BA website also showed the flight as available the following day.

The KVS Tool Rocks!

SuperFlyBoy Sep 29, 2010 2:49 pm


Originally Posted by SuperFlyBoy (Post 14840364)
Very interesting that you actually chose the same city pair I was trying to extract info from! :eek:

Dates are a bit off, but...

In any case, I'll try installing on another laptop to see if this one is causing a problem, due to its' configuration.

Still waiting for a *new* code - why do we have to wait for new codes to be manually processed, when we already have been issued codes??

Why can't we simply use the existing ones??

KVS Sep 29, 2010 4:46 pm


Originally Posted by SuperFlyBoy (Post 14843504)
Still waiting for a *new* code

Your Replacement code has now been rushed.


Originally Posted by SuperFlyBoy (Post 14843504)
Why can't we simply use the existing ones??

Registration Codes are system-specific and can only be used on the machine, for which they were issued.

BA6501 Oct 1, 2010 12:30 pm

Why doesn't 30OCT work for any destination? Gives an error message...

KVS Oct 1, 2010 3:04 pm


Originally Posted by BA6501 (Post 14869028)
Why doesn't 30OCT work for any destination? Gives an error message...

30 Oct of what year and in which context (e.g. Method)?

BA6501 Oct 2, 2010 3:03 am

30 Oct 2010, Sabre FS. Looking for LHR-BEY, BEY-FRA-GRU, GRU-EZE and many other destinations, nothing works. Error message is The departure date is out of range / availability engine error.

gleff Oct 2, 2010 5:09 am


Originally Posted by BA6501 (Post 14872594)
30 Oct 2010, Sabre FS. Looking for LHR-BEY, BEY-FRA-GRU, GRU-EZE and many other destinations, nothing works. Error message is The departure date is out of range / availability engine error.

Use the Sabre/GTC method...

BA6501 Oct 2, 2010 5:45 am

But why should I?

KVS Oct 2, 2010 12:08 pm


Originally Posted by BA6501 (Post 14872594)
30 Oct 2010, Sabre FS. Looking for LHR-BEY, BEY-FRA-GRU, GRU-EZE and many other destinations, nothing works. Error message is The departure date is out of range / availability engine error.

It's an issue with the [Availability/FS] engine on certain routes, when the departure time is not entered. You need to either specify a value in the [Time:] field, or use a different Method (as gleff had already mentioned).

goheelswks Oct 5, 2010 1:28 pm

Same-day Star Alliance Upgrade/Award availability?
 
How come I can't get Awards/Upgrade info for same-day (today, 10/5) for the SNT: Awards/Star Alliance? I don't see a "Time:" option to change for later times today?

I get a Data Source error telling me I can only view from 330 days until boarding until the day of boarding. Thanks in advance!

KVS Oct 5, 2010 1:44 pm


Originally Posted by goheelswks (Post 14892002)
How come I can't get Awards/Upgrade info for same-day (today, 10/5) for the SNT: Awards/Star Alliance? I don't see a "Time:" option to change for later times today?

I get a Data Source error telling me I can only view from 330 days until boarding until the day of boarding. Thanks in advance!

The [Awards/Star Alliance] engine operates using a different time zone, where it is already 06 Oct 2010, so it is rejecting your attempts to check availability for "yesterday"...

aster Oct 5, 2010 2:35 pm

Does the tool help me check on what days & routes SQ offers saver awards in J/F? Doing it on the KrisFlyer site and clicking day by day (and then repeating it on numerous routes) is becoming a pain...

zman Oct 6, 2010 12:21 pm

Sabre Availability/GTC Data Source Error
 
Every access using Sabre Availabilty/GTC gets a "Datasource Initializaion Error" -
Other options seem to work OK

Update
2:40PM now working

KVS Oct 6, 2010 4:05 pm


Originally Posted by aster (Post 14892406)
Does the tool help me check on what days & routes SQ offers saver awards in J/F? Doing it on the KrisFlyer site and clicking day by day (and then repeating it on numerous routes) is becoming a pain...

It sure does, and you can use the dedicated Next (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...arrow_down.gif) / Previous (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...i-arrow_up.gif) Day buttons or keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + PgDown/PgUp) to quickly check availability across various dates in 1 click/keystroke:

http://www.kvstool.com/Images/Screenshot_SA.gif

sbm12 Oct 6, 2010 4:44 pm


Originally Posted by aster (Post 14892406)
Does the tool help me check on what days & routes SQ offers saver awards in J/F? Doing it on the KrisFlyer site and clicking day by day (and then repeating it on numerous routes) is becoming a pain...

If you're looking for 77W/A380 awards then you're not going to get a lot of useful information since those awards aren't generally available to partners and that's what the ANA site - which is what KVS pulls - will show.

Also, if you want to easily search multiple days more easily for *A or OW awards the AwardNexus site is much more user-friendly and free.


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