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While the Sabre/GTC method is slow for the first pull, subsequent queries seem to be much faster.

Meanwhile, Sabre/FS does work much more quickly from the get go in my experience.

Indeed, all queries after the 1st one are faster for a number of Methods, including [Sabre: GTC] and most Award/Upgrade Availability Methods.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lallyr (Post 15051053)

Did a quick search and took 1m50 secs and second search took 1min 30 secs.

You could be right but too long IMHO.

Those times are definitely way too excessive:

For [Sabre: FS], each query should take ~8 seconds (add ~3 seconds for the 1st query).
For [Sabre: GTC], each query should take ~20 seconds (add ~10 seconds for the 1st query)
For [Galileo: ETR], ~5 seconds for all queries (per requested booking class).
[Amadeus: Timetable] is the fastest Method, where results appear in 1-2 seconds.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gleff (Post 15050975)

Thats fine most of the time but sometimes I am on a mobile connection so it can take ages to just check one date.

Have you considered using the KVS Tool Mobile Companion, which has been specifically optimized for slow/mobile connections?

onlysuites

Nov 4, 2010 12:15 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS (Post 15062613)

Indeed, all queries after the 1st one are faster for a number of Methods, including [Sabre: GTC] and most Award/Upgrade Availability Methods.

Those times are definitely way too excessive:

For [Sabre: FS], each query should take ~8 seconds (add ~3 seconds for the 1st query).
For [Sabre: GTC], each query should take ~20 seconds (add ~10 seconds for the 1st query)
For [Galileo: ETR], ~5 seconds for all queries (per requested booking class).
[Amadeus: Timetable] is the fastest Method, where results appear in 1-2 seconds.

Have you considered using the KVS Tool Mobile Companion, which has been specifically optimized for slow/mobile connections?

Mine is definitely taking longer. Tried it on various connections now. How about others?

canred

Nov 4, 2010 2:46 pm

Time Tests

First, I checked my connection speed at speedtest.net. I currently have download of 11.48 meg and upload of 1.09 meg.

For [Sabre: FS], no test as I don't have id.
For [Sabre: GTC], 25 seconds first test, 18 seconds second.
For [Galileo: ETR], 5 seconds.
[Amadeus: Timetable] 3 seconds each test.

Overall, in line with KVS' estimates.

cssaus

Nov 5, 2010 2:54 pm

Aegean Airlines Flights

Checking the Aegean Airlines website I can see flights during August 2011 through to September 5 however they're not showing up on KVS, Any thoughts as to why?

KVS	Nov 5, 2010 2:57 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by cssaus (Post 15082573)

Checking the Aegean Airlines website I can see flights during August 2011 through to September 5 however they're not showing up on KVS, Any thoughts as to why?

What's the route and which Method(s) are you using?

cssaus

Nov 5, 2010 3:11 pm

Aegean Airlines Flights

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS (Post 15082597)

What's the route and which Method(s) are you using?

Whoops, forgot to mention I was looking at flights to & from Athens to Mikonos and Santorini.

OK, on KVS I can see the flights under "Timetable" but not under "Availability" (not to sure how to post the results into this posting). The message I get back is "Query Returned No Results" if I try using the date of August 30, 2011.

KVS	Nov 5, 2010 3:29 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by cssaus (Post 15082703)

Looks like A3 hasn't [yet] published those flights to all of the GDSs ...

In the meantime, you can check availability for these A3 routes via the KVS Tool Mobile Companion.

For copy-and-paste options, just double-click the results:

[KVS Availability Tool 5.8.0/Diamond - Amadeus: Timetable/NL-BCDF]

Code:

ATH  Athens Eleftherios Venizelos GR [LGAV]

JMK  Mykonos Is National GR [LGMK]

MON  29 Aug 2011 - 05 Sep 2011



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions

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

A3         370     ATH   05:50     JMK   06:30     320  0   1234567     00:40       -       -   27 Mar   29 Oct

A3         374     ATH   11:30     JMK   12:05     320  0   1234567     00:35       -       -   27 Mar   29 Oct

A3         378     ATH   18:45     JMK   19:20     320  0   1234567     00:35       -       -   27 Mar   29 Oct

cssaus

Nov 5, 2010 3:39 pm

Aegean Airlines Flights

Thanks for the reply and the tip on how to copy/paste the results.

I'll check out the KVS Tool Mobile Companion.

gleff

Nov 5, 2010 6:21 pm

Grr, onboard an alaska flight and cannot get the tool to authenticate :mad:

KVS	Nov 5, 2010 8:09 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by gleff (Post 15083842)

Grr, onboard an alaska flight and cannot get the tool to authenticate :mad:

All systems continue to function normally -- must have been a transient connection issue on your end...

stevenshev

Nov 7, 2010 11:15 am

The ANA < 7 day issue has cropped up again. New version?

KVS	Nov 7, 2010 5:26 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevenshev (Post 15092440)

The ANA < 7 day issue has cropped up again. New version?

Everything looks fine -- are you sure you are using V5.8.0 and the correct POS setting?

[KVS Availability Tool 5.8.0/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA-SP1]

Code:

LON  London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY

NYC  New York Metro NY US = JFK LGA

MON  08 Nov 2010 | 1 Seat



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

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

CO         115     LHR   08:40     EWR   12:05     752  0   FS/  CS+  YS+

CO         29      LHR   10:30     EWR   13:30     777  0   FS/  CS+  YS+

CO         113     LHR   11:15     EWR   14:45     752  0   FS/  CS-  YS+

CO         111     LHR   12:35     EWR   16:05     752  0   FS/  CS-  YS+

CO         19      LHR   18:00     EWR   21:30     752  0   FS/  CS-  YS+

BD         121     LHR   06:35     DUB   07:55     319  0   FS/  CS+  YS-

 -> CO     23      DUB   09:00     EWR   11:40     752  0   FS/  CS-  YS-

AC         861     LHR   11:05     YHZ   13:55     763  0   FS/  CS-  YS+

 -> CO     2016    YHZ   15:50     EWR   17:19     ERJ  0   FS/  CS-  YS-

BD         584     LHR   08:55     MAN   10:00     319  0   FS/  CS+  YS+

 -> CO     101     MAN   11:35     EWR   14:40     752  0   FS/  CS+  YS-

BD         594     LHR   21:05     MAN   22:10     ER4  0   FS/  CS+  YS-

 -> CO     21      MAN   09:00 +1  EWR   12:00 +1  752  0   FS/  CS+  YS-

stevenshev

Nov 7, 2010 7:40 pm

Must've been a temporary glitch on their end, because it's fine now. Thanks!

YUL2YEG

Nov 8, 2010 2:26 pm

When searching for *A awards I get the error

Data Source Error [SF]: "(Engine Error SF1-BSY)"
or
Data Source Error [I]: "ANA"

everything else seems to work ok (Availability, Fares).

Any help would be appreciated

To guess the obvious question, yes I am using KVS on Ubuntu Linux through Wine. I hope the KVS website, that said people are using KVS sucessfully using emulation, didn't cause me to buy an unnecessary membership as *A Award searches are what I am primarily interested in (unitl I can get some points in my ANA account).

KVS	Nov 8, 2010 4:10 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by YUL2YEG (Post 15099901)

We are currently looking into an issue that appears to affect the use of the [Awards/StarAlliance] Method on Mac & Linux machines and which is caused by an apparent bug in one of the Microsoft/Windows components.

Please your e-mail inbox for a special download link.

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