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IB is known to have occasional issues with its Award Availability across different systems and the U Class showing-up in Regular Availability searches is something quite recent, so we don't yet have any authoritative data on this particular scenario...

Is there a pattern to the issues (i.e. does it tend to show availability when there is none, or vice versa)? For example, I just tried to call AA to book said flight and they were unable to find me a seat -- is it more likely that the agent wasn't looking at the system correctly, or that Qantas is returning availability when there is none? I'm guessing the latter, but I typically fly AA metal so I'm unfamiliar with the OW partner process.

KVS	Nov 16, 2011 10:18 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by linglingfool (Post 17465521)

Either one is possible -- an easy way to check would be to call AADV (possibly a few times) with the following 2 flights and verify what they see on their end:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.7.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]

Code:

JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]

MAD  Madrid Barajas ES [LEMD]

SUN  17 Jun 2012



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

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

IB         6250    JFK   18:00     MAD   07:15     346      J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 U3 Y9 B9 T9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 P9

IB         6252    JFK   21:00     MAD   10:10     340      J9 C9 D9 R9 I2 U0 Y9 B9 T9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 P6

Vs.

[KVS Availability Tool 6.7.0/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP1]

Code:

JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]

MAD  Madrid Barajas ES [LEMD]

SUN  17 Jun 2012 | 1 Seat



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Availability

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

IB         6250    JFK   18:00     MAD   07:15 +1       0   FS-  CS-  YS+

IB         6252    JFK   21:00     MAD   10:10 +1       0   FS-  CS+  YS-

linglingfool

Nov 16, 2011 10:33 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS (Post 17465568)

Code:

JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]

MAD  Madrid Barajas ES [LEMD]

SUN  17 Jun 2012



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability

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

IB         6250    JFK   18:00     MAD   07:15     346      J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 U3 Y9 B9 T9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 P9

IB         6252    JFK   21:00     MAD   10:10     340      J9 C9 D9 R9 I2 U0 Y9 B9 T9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 P6

Vs.

[KVS Availability Tool 6.7.0/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP1]

Code:

JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]

MAD  Madrid Barajas ES [LEMD]

SUN  17 Jun 2012 | 1 Seat



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Availability

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

IB         6250    JFK   18:00     MAD   07:15 +1       0   FS-  CS-  YS+

IB         6252    JFK   21:00     MAD   10:10 +1       0   FS-  CS+  YS-

Good catch. Called AA and it seems that the U inventory is accurate in this case, not the award results (confirmed that there were 3 seats available up front on 6250 but nothing on 6252).

onlysuites

Nov 17, 2011 11:51 am

KVS is awards/oneworld/ba down?

Its prompting me to upgrade to the latest version which I did and still didn't work. I lost the EY upgrade beta this way too.

KVS	Nov 17, 2011 12:24 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by lallyr (Post 17468987)

KVS is awards/oneworld/ba down?

Its prompting me to upgrade to the latest version which I did and still didn't work. I lost the EY upgrade beta this way too.

A new version of the KVS Tool is scheduled to be released later on today or tomorrow -- please stay tuned ...

KVS	Nov 17, 2011 3:10 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by linglingfool (Post 17465625)

Good catch. Called AA and it seems that the U inventory is accurate in this case, not the award results (confirmed that there were 3 seats available up front on 6250 but nothing on 6252).

And the data from the [Awards/BA-OneWorld] Еngine matches those results also:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.7.9931/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/BA-OneWorld]

Code:

JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]

MAD  Madrid Barajas ES [LEMD]

SUN  17 Jun 2012



Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Availability

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

IB         6250    JFK   18:00     MAD   07:15 +1           CS3

IB         6252    JFK   21:00     MAD   10:10 +1           YS4

BA         174     JFK   19:10     LHR   07:00 +1           YS9  WS9

 -> BA     456     LHR   08:15 +1  MAD   11:45 +1           YS9

BA         114     JFK   21:55     LHR   09:35 +1           YS9

 -> IB     3175    LHR   11:05 +1  MAD   14:30 +1           CS2

BA         112     JFK   18:40     LHR   06:35 +1           YS9  WS4

 -> BA     456     LHR   08:15 +1  MAD   11:45 +1           YS9

BA         172     JFK   21:25     LHR   09:15 +1           YS9

 -> IB     3175    LHR   11:05 +1  MAD   14:30 +1           CS2

BA         174     JFK   19:10     LHR   07:00 +1           YS9

 -> IB     3163    LHR   09:10 +1  MAD   12:40 +1           CS9

BA         174     JFK   19:10     LHR   07:00 +1           YS9  WS9

 -> BA     458     LHR   09:25 +1  MAD   12:50 +1           YS9

BA         116     JFK   20:40     LHR   08:35 +1           YS9

 -> IB     3175    LHR   11:05 +1  MAD   14:30 +1           CS2

BA         112     JFK   18:40     LHR   06:35 +1           YS9

 -> IB     3163    LHR   09:10 +1  MAD   12:40 +1           CS9

BA         176     JFK   19:30     LHR   07:20 +1           WS5

 -> BA     458     LHR   09:25 +1  MAD   12:50 +1           YS9

BA         112     JFK   18:40     LHR   06:35 +1           WS4  YS9

 -> BA     458     LHR   09:25 +1  MAD   12:50 +1           YS9

BA         182     JFK   22:35     LHR   10:30 +1           YS9

 -> BA/CJ  8755    LCY   18:40 +1  MAD   22:00 +1           YS8

AA         1850    JFK   13:45     BOS   14:40              FS7

 -> IB     6166    BOS   18:20     MAD   07:10 +1           YS3

KVS	Nov 17, 2011 9:48 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomasem (Post 17460288)

Has the OW search using the BA engine broken overnight since they switched to Avios? I keep getting an error message when looking for some JL availability.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lallyr (Post 17468987)

KVS is awards/oneworld/ba down?

KVS Tool Version 6.8.0 is now available for download: http://www.KVSTool.com/

hamburglar

Nov 18, 2011 10:24 am

Any coupon for FT members?

KVS	Nov 18, 2011 3:17 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by hamburglar (Post 17475151)

Any coupon for FT members?

YGPM! ;)

rankourabu

Nov 18, 2011 3:30 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by hamburglar (Post 17475151)

Any coupon for FT members?

Any coupon for longtime members considering renewal ;)

KVS	Nov 18, 2011 3:39 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by rankourabu (Post 17477104)

Any coupon for longtime members considering renewal ;)

YGPM! ;)

rabbimatt

Nov 20, 2011 9:43 am

Passcode problem

Hi there, just joined KVS on 12 months diamond membership but havent got a temporary password to start using it, just got email confirmation of purchase/contribution, any help appreciated. :)

(edit: just been emailed the code, thanks!)

KVS	Nov 20, 2011 7:12 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by rabbimatt (Post 17485349)

Hi there, just joined KVS on 12 months diamond membership

Welcome to FT & the KVS Tool!

brengaz

Nov 21, 2011 1:34 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS (Post 17482387)

Well, you have answered your own question ;):
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Classes

Hi KVS - How about an actual mac version??

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 17482945)

The OP was looking for answers, not an ad. :rolleyes:

got one - and a brilliant one. The script works GREAT, runs on multi platforms and gives the answers I want. THANKS!!! ^ ^

halls120

Nov 21, 2011 5:25 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by brengaz (Post 17489371)

Hi KVS - How about an actual mac version??

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