Originally Posted by AceTracer (Post 16368628)

Ok, sorry for not being clear enough.

What I mean is, let's say I want to figure out how much it costs in cash and points to fly from HKG to JFK using BAEC miles, including fees.

If I put that into BA.com, it will only give me HKG-LHR-JFK for 60,000 BA miles and $500.

I know for a fact that I can fly other routes, like HKG-NRT-JFK on JAL or HKG-AMM-JFK on RJ for 25,000 BA miles and whatever the YQ might be. However, I can't find what that is on BA.com because it won't give me partner airlines unless BA doesn't fly that route.

What I already know is that KVS Tool will give me award availability for RJ and JL, but my question is will it also tell me how many miles and YQ it'd cost. I'm guessing at this point that BA doesn't make this information available publicly.

Originally Posted by AceTracer (Post 16368628)

Ok, sorry for not being clear enough.

What I mean is, let's say I want to figure out how much it costs in cash and points to fly from HKG to JFK using BAEC miles, including fees.

If I put that into BA.com, it will only give me HKG-LHR-JFK for 60,000 BA miles and $500.

I know for a fact that I can fly other routes, like HKG-NRT-JFK on JAL or HKG-AMM-JFK on RJ for 25,000 BA miles and whatever the YQ might be.

What I already know is that KVS Tool will give me award availability for RJ and JL, but my question is will it also tell me how many miles and YQ it'd cost. I'm guessing at this point that BA doesn't make this information available publicly.

Originally Posted by Leedsflyer (Post 16384808)

I've tried searching for this info, but can't find the answer either on the KVS web site or here -- apols if I've missed it.

I'm looking for *A reward availability from Europe to North America (west coast) on a small number of dates this summer. Currently unavailable, but of course that may change...

There are of course many ways of getting to the west coast. Can I set up the various segments of possible interest and save into My Trips, and then run all the searches with a small number of clicks/key strokes each day; or will I have to run each segment/search separately? The latter will be tedious (though better than ANA direct of course), and might make it worth paying the extra money for award nexus.

thanks.

Originally Posted by jasonvr (Post 16384981)

Yes you can save your award searches into MyTrips, however, you will have to run each one individually by double clicking on it and then hitting search.

Originally Posted by Leedsflyer (Post 16385015)

Thanks :-(

How many segments can I put into an award search?

Originally Posted by FriendlySkies (Post 16388027)

Having a bit of a senior moment.. In trying to search for upgrade availability on UA flights, where can I go to see NF/NC? Can I see specific numbers, or will I just get FS+ CS+ YS+?

Originally Posted by begemot (Post 16389524)

"(Incorrect input Parameters/Cookies Disabled/Engine Error)"

Hi FT and KVS,

When I check flight "Fares" from MXP-HKG on July 1st I get this error. I have not disabled cookies to my knoweldge.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Bege

Edit: Also I notice ths POS is greyed out on "RU"

Originally Posted by begemot (Post 16389524)

"(Incorrect input Parameters/Cookies Disabled/Engine Error)"

Hi FT and KVS,

When I check flight "Fares" from MXP-HKG on July 1st I get this error. I have not disabled cookies to my knoweldge.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Bege

Edit: Also I notice ths POS is greyed out on "RU"

Originally Posted by jasonvr (Post 16390015)

Same error here. Switching the method off of Galileo works though.

Originally Posted by jasonvr (Post 16385211)

Each search is a "leg", but the leg could involve multiple segments, I believe, as long as the award engine supports it. I just used UA and I tests HKG-LAX and I can see the connections. I believe the *A search (which uses ANA) will do the same but it is down for maintenance right now so I can't test.

Note that there is no way to force or only display a specific connection point when the leg contains multiple segments.

Originally Posted by pandaperth (Post 16387909)

There appears to be a discrepancy between the fare showing in KVS and the fare shown on the Oneworld booking engine

KVS
[KVS Availability Tool 6.1.2/Diamond - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/AU]
Oneworld

Any ideas why?:confused:

Originally Posted by KVS (Post 16391838)

It's a SDG currency issue. The IATA ROE is currently set to 3.10, while the BSP/interbank rate is around 2.67. The Base Fare is 14 700 SDG:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.1.2/Diamond - Routing Rules: KRT-KRT/RJ/DONE4/14700 SDG]