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Where does the KVS tool get its data and is KVS authorized to provide this data in the manner it is presented?

The tool is known to access a variety of web sites, many in a manner that is not authorized. Please see the next section of this Wiki for a list of sites believed to be accessed and their data access policies (where known).

Additionally, under some conditions the tool appears to access sites via a KVS-operated back end. This means that the tool is not just a 'web browser' that runs via a user's machine. No detailed public information is available about how this works or whether any of this back-end access is authorized.

Websites KVS Accesses and their relevant Terms of Use

http://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConlin...verrideServlet
http://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConlin...PreviewServlet
https://book.aircanada.com/pl/AConli...verrideServlet
https://www.aircanada.com
Terms of Use:
http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/legal/notice.html
Use of our web site for any other purpose, including any commercial use or purpose, is expressly prohibited.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that, in using or accessing our website, you shall not commit or participate in any of the following acts or actions, each of which is expressly prohibited under this User Agreement:
directly or indirectly, use or access, or encourage, solicit, permit, facilitate, aid, assist or abet, including, but not limited to, the selling, licensing, distribution or provision to any person of any means that permit, the use or access, or agree to provide the use or access, of our website through any manual process or any automatic, electronic or technical device, including but not limited to automated scripts, robots, crawls, screen scrapers, web "bots", deep-links, indexes, spiders, click-spams, macro programs, or any other device, program, software, system, algorithm, methodology or technology, now known or hereinafter discovered, that performs the same or a similar function, in order to, without limitation: "data mine"; "screen scrape"; data process; access, extract, copy, distribute, aggregate or acquire information; generate impressions or clicks; input or store information; search or generate searches; or manipulate or monitor any portion or content of our website;

http://data.flight24.com/flights/
Terms of Use:
http://www.flightradar24.com/terms-and-conditions
Websites information and Services are provided for personal, non-commercial use only. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Flightradar24s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:

Modify or copy the materials;
Use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Flightradar24's web site;
Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
Transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server.

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Flightradar24 at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

http://data.seatexpert.com/tpi/find.php
Terms of Use:

http://plane.lan.com/cgi-bin/recibo_...bo_eticket.cgi
Terms of Use:
http://www.lan.com/en_us/sitio_perso...-use/about-us/
You may use the information on our site solely for non-commercial purposes, and any use or modification of the website contents is not permitted.

http://reservations.usairways.com/Default.aspx
Terms of Use:
http://reservations.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/site_usage_policy.html
Content may be used for non-commercial personal use only, and you agree not to modify, copy, transmit, distribute, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, sell or otherwise transfer any information, software, products or services obtained from the Site without prior written permission from US Airways. You agree not to use any automatic device, manual process, or scraping to monitor or copy the Site or the content contained therein for any purpose without US Airways prior written permission. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site.

https://book.austrian.com/app/fb.fly
Terms of Use:
http://www.austrian.com/Info/LegalRegulations/WebsiteTerms.aspx?sc_lang=en&cc=AT
2. Proprietary rights
All trademark rights, copyrights, database rights and other intellectual property rights to the contents of the Austrian-website, (as well as the organization and layout of the website), together with the underlying software code rest, either with Austrian or with its licensors. You may not, either in whole or in part, copy, modify, distribute or use or reproduce in other form contents of the Austrian-website, or the underlying software code, without the prior written consent of Austrian.

3. Permissible use
All Austrian-website online services (including the booking machine) are provided solely for the purpose of enabling you to check the availability of goods or services relating to your journey (the timetable, for example), make legitimate reservations, use our online check-in or transact other business with suppliers. You may only use the website in accordance with these terms and conditions and for the legally permitted purposes described above. In particular, you indicate your agreement to the following:
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3.5 You may not reproduce information from the Austrian-website for commercial purposes. This also includes providing prices for Austrian flights on another website or another online server. In particular you may not copy, distribute, in other way use or reproduce discarded content from the Austrian-website with the help of 'robots', other search machine technologies or through other automatic mechanisms.

https://booking.qatarairways.com/qri...Booking.action
Terms of Use:

https://book.tam.com.br/TAM/dyn/air/...ng/retrievePNR
Terms of Use:

https://classic.checkmytrip.com/plne...ievePNR.action
Terms of Use:
(D) not to use any automated system or software to extract data from the Application, Documents or Services for commercial purposes (such as screen scraping);

https://en.aegeanair.com
Terms of Use:

https://eservice.evaair.com
Terms of Use:

https://flymas.mobi/itravel/viewBooking.xhtml
Terms of Use:

https://fly.rj.com/MyBookings/Home/EN/Default.aspx
Terms of Use:

http://skyvector.com/airport/
Terms of Use:

https://m.aeroflot.ru/b/info/pnr/load
Terms of Use:

https://mm.alitalia.com/GB_EN/booking/apvsearch.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://mobile1.emirates.com/myb/review.xhtml
Terms of Use:

https://myb.s7.ru/getMyBooking.action
Terms of Use:

https://mytripandmore.com/Itinerary.aspx
Terms of Use:
https://mytripandmore.com/TermsAndConditions.aspx
Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, you may not:
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9. use any "robot", "spider" or other automatic device, software, program, algorithm, routine, methodology, or any manual process or functionality:
...to monitor, assemble, analyse, index, copy, transmit, distribute, transfer, or link to any of the pages, data, materials, or content available on the Site,

https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWe...yICAOAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://prefunds.aa.com/refunds/receipt
https://www.aa.com/reservation/findReservationSubmit.do
Terms of Use:
https://www.aa.com/i18n/footer/siteUsage.jsp
Intellectual property notifications
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D. American Airlines owns or uses by permission all software contained on the Site, including without limitation all HTML code and Active X controls. Copyright and other laws and international treaty provisions protect this software. The law expressly prohibits any modification, redistribution, or reproduction of the software, and such actions could result in severe civil and criminal penalties. American Airlines will seek and support prosecuting violators to the maximum extent possible.
E. You may not copy, display, distribute, download, license, modify, publish, re-post, reproduce, reuse, sell, transmit, use to create a derivative work, or otherwise use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes. Nothing on the Site shall be construed to confer any grant or license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, by implication, or otherwise.
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Limitations on your use:
You agree that you will not Misuse the Site. "Misuse" includes, but is not limited to, using the Site to do any of the following:
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L. Copy or create derivative works from, display, distribute, license, perform, publish, recreate, reproduce, sell, transfer, or transmit any information, products, services, or software obtained by, from, or through the Site.
M. Monitor or copy any Content by using any manual process, or any robot, spider, or other automatic device, without first obtaining American Airlines' prior written consent.

https://raw.github.com/opentraveldat...i_airlines.csv
Terms of Use:

https://secure.jetairways.com/PlatformID/Identify.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://tickets.airtran.com/SeatAvailability.aspx
Terms of Use:
http://www.southwest.com/html/about-...ons/index.html
Prohibited Activities

You may not copy, display, distribute, download, license, modify, publish, re-post, reproduce, reuse, sell, transmit, use to create a derivative work, or otherwise use the content of this site for public or commercial purposes without our express written permission. Nothing on this site shall be construed to confer any grant or license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, by implication, or otherwise.

You may not modify, re-render, frame, mirror, truncate, add to, inject, filter or change the order of the information contained on any page of the Southwest Airlines sites, including, without limitation, by any way of reproducing Southwest Airlines or SWABiz web pages or Company information on any other web site without our express written permission.

You may not copy, derive, edit, translate, decompile, reverse engineer, modify, use, or reproduce any code or source relating to our sites, including without limitation, any service or product Southwest offers.

You may not cause to appear any pop-up, pop-under, exit windows, expanding buttons, banners advertisement, or anything else which minimizes, covers, or otherwise inhibits the full display of the Southwest Airlines sites.

You may not use any deep-link, page-scrape, robot, crawl, index, spider, click spam, macro programs, Internet agent, or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology which does the same things, to use, access, copy, acquire information, generate impressions or clicks, input information, store information, search, generate searches, or monitor any portion of the Southwest Airlines sites or Company information.
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You may not disguise the origin of information transmitted to, from, or through the Southwest Airlines sites. You may not circumvent any measures implemented by Southwest Airlines aimed at preventing violations of the Use Agreement. You may not violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion header.

When you use the Southwest Airlines sites or Company information for an authorized purpose, you must include all proprietary notices without changing, hiding or deleting them.

You may not engage in any conduct that is, or that Southwest Airlines deems to be, in violation of this Use Agreement.

https://wftc3.e-travel.com
Terms of Use:

https://wtrweb.worldtracer.aero/WorldTracerWeb/pax.do
Terms of Use:

https://www121.jal.co.jp/JmbWeb/JR/S...MileCalc_en.do
Terms of Use:

https://www4.thy.com/mybookings/ETDisplay.tk
https://www4.thy.com/mybookings/getPnr.tk
Terms of Use:

https://www.airberlin.com/en-DE/cockpit
Terms of Use:

https://www.airfrance.fr/cgi-bin/AF/...chPnrAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.alaskaair.com/booking/reservationlookup
Terms of Use:

https://www.bookonline.saudiairlines...verride.action
https://www.bookonline.saudiairlines...verride.action
Terms of Use:

https://www.britishairways.com/trave...g/public/en_gb
Terms of Use:

https://www.checkmytrip.com/CMTSERVLET
Terms of Use:
https://www.checkmytrip.com/cmt/apf/...&SITE=NCMTNCMT
3. Licence restrictions

3.1 Except as expressly set out in this EULA or as permitted by any local law, you agree:
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(D) not to use any automated system or software to extract data from the Application, Documents or Services for commercial purposes (such as screen scraping);

https://www.delta.com/mytrips/findPnr.action
http://www.delta.com/ism/SeatMapDisplay.action
http://www.delta.com/shared/components/blank.jsp
Terms of Use:

https://www.finnair.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.flysas.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.iberia.com/web/retrievePNR.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.lot.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.lufthansa.com
Terms of Use:
http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...d=2016866&l=en

2. Proprietary rights
...You may not, either in whole or in part, copy, modify, distribute or use or reproduce in other form contents of the Lufthansa-website, or the underlying software code, without the prior written consent of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
https://www.routehappy.com/
Terms of Use:

https://www.swiss.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.tripforyou.net/t4u/PTopAction.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.tripple.jp
Terms of Use:

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/app...n/default.aspx
Terms of Use:
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/legal.aspx This website is for the User's personal, noncommercial use only. User agrees not to modify, copy, alter, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from this website without Uniteds prior written permission. User agrees not to use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy this website or the content contained therein or for any other unauthorized purpose without Uniteds prior written permission. ... United reserves the right to investigate any illegal and/or unauthorized use of this website, including, but not limited to, unauthorized framing of this website or unauthorized use of any robot, spider or other automated device, and to take appropriate legal action, including, without limitation, civil, criminal and injunctive redress.

https://www.viewtrip.com/GetItin.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://www.virginamerica.com/book/ow/a1/
Terms of Use:

https://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/g...ndBooking.next
Terms of Use:

https://www.virtuallythere.com/new/reservations.html
Terms of Use:

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/
Terms of Use:

http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi
Terms of Use:

http://www.airframes.org/fleet/
Terms of Use:

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_H...oking-now.html
Terms of Use:

http://www.flightradar24.com/
Terms of Use:

http://www.FlightStats.com/go/Flight...ingByFlight.do
http://www.FlightStats.com/go/Flight...tusByFlight.do
Terms of Use:

http://www.flightview.com/TravelTool...eryResults.asp
http://www.flightview.com/TravelTools/viewairport.asp
Terms of Use:

http://www.gcmap.com/airport/
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui
Terms of Use:
http://www.gcmap.com/faq/using
Q: May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps on my web page?
A: You may use maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper on non-commercial web pages (q.v. commericial use below) so long as you do not profit from them and you include the following credit on pages which include maps:
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Q: May I use the Great Circle Mapper's maps for commercial sites or publications?
A: Please write to Karl L. Swartz regarding terms for commercial use of the maps.

http://www.iata.org/about/members/Pa...line-list.aspx
Terms of Use:
http://www.iata.org/Pages/terms.aspx
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The content on this Site is for your personal use only within the organization or entity to which you are attached as applicable, and it is not intended for commercial exploitation unless expressly agreed in writing by IATA through a duly authorized representative. IATA authorizes you to download or reproduce selected materials at this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use, in the ordinary course of business provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials on any copies of the materials and that the title or database brand name and IATA name is stated as the source.

You may not otherwise modify, disassemble, create derivative works, distribute, reproduce, publicly display, perform, transmit, re-transmit, sell, rent, sublicense, or otherwise use any materials or content on this Site for commercial or non-commercial exploitation by yourself or the organization or entity to which you are attached or permit third parties to so do. Without limitation, unlimited or wholesale reproduction, copying of the content for commercial or non-commercial purposes and unwarranted modification of data and information within the content is not permitted, and any use of these materials on any other website or networked computer environment for any purpose without IATAs prior written consent is prohibited.
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http://www.itn.net/cgi/get
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http://www.kenya-airways.com/kqbook.aspx
Terms of Use:

http://www.myairlines.ru
Terms of Use:

http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/do/dyn/checkmytrip
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatexpert.com/multiple_results.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatguru.com/ajax/findseatmap.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatmaestro.com/airlines-...eckmytrip.html
http://www.seatmaestro.com/themes/de...te_airline.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatplans.com/ajax/Airline
http://www.seatplans.com/ajax/airports-and-city
http://www.seatplans.com/find-and-compare/
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Old May 14, 2012 | 8:37 pm
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Originally Posted by tehuringa
A quick question from a noob using KVS please....
Welcome to the KVS Tool!

Originally Posted by tehuringa
I have several flights coming up and I have had an internal space available upgrade request put forward from the airline for all my legs.

The flights in question are as follows:

I'm not quite sure what I should be looking for in the way of my likelihood of an upgrade to business class....J, C, D & I ......is that correct?

Many thanks
You should be looking at Award/Upgrade Availability (http://Help.KVSTool.com/#QF), as well as Availability in the lowest regular Business Booking Class (I).
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Old May 14, 2012 | 8:42 pm
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Originally Posted by jasonvr
Found a problem with the 7 day search, but it could be an error in the underlying engine. When the aircraft type changes for a route, all results for that flight seem to list the aircraft type that was first found.
This is a limitation of the underling Engine itself:
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Method_SNT_...StarAlliance7D

A/C Type will be removed to avoid confusion:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.9.R3/Diamond - SNT: Awards/StarAlliance-7D]
Code:
SYD  Sydney Kingsford Smith NS AU [YSSY]
LAX  Los Angeles Intl CA US [KLAX]
SUN  22 Jul 2012 - 28 Jul 2012 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
UA         840     SYD   13:50 -3  LAX   10:15 -3  744  0   FS-  CS-  YS-
UA         840     SYD   13:50 -2  LAX   10:15 -2  ***  *   FS+  CS+  YS-
UA         840     SYD   13:50 -1  LAX   10:15 -1  ***  *   FS+  CS+  YS+
UA         840     SYD   13:50     LAX   10:15     ***  *   FS-  CS+  YS-
UA         840     SYD   13:50 +1  LAX   10:15 +1  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS-
UA         840     SYD   13:50 +2  LAX   10:15 +2  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS-
UA         840     SYD   13:50 +3  LAX   10:15 +3  ***  *   FS-  CS-  YS-

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Old May 19, 2012 | 12:06 pm
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I am running KVS tool in Ubuntu 10.04 32bit. Everything else works well except *A awards with ANA method. The error message is as below. Please suggest what I should do:

Data Source Error [SF]:

"Engine/MSIE Cookies Error [SF1-BSY]"
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Old May 19, 2012 | 12:09 pm
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Originally Posted by tylergupku
I am running KVS tool in Ubuntu 10.04 32bit. Everything else works well except *A awards with ANA method. The error message is as below. Please suggest what I should do:

Data Source Error [SF]:

"Engine/MSIE Cookies Error [SF1-BSY]"
Please see http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Compatibility
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Old May 19, 2012 | 12:37 pm
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Delta -UP Fare and KVS

I'm having a difficult time correlating DL online fares with KVS data. Specifically, I have purchased several H-UP fares but cannot find the same fare with KVS.

For Example (by searching/purchasing from DL.com):

18 JUN FLL-ATL
22 JUN ATL-FLL

Selected REFUNDABLE and H. Fare paid was $725 which I then -UP'd by calling DL reservations. No additional charges.

If you select the same itinerary, buy only select H and NOT refundable, the fare is $699. When you call to -UP that fare, there is a charge of $25.

I cannot find either the $725 nor the $699 fare using KVS.

I'd like to be able to search KVS for other routes fishing for -UP fares. Surprisingly, the full Y fare, over $1,000, on this route is not upgradeable?!?!

Your assistance is appreciated!

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Old May 19, 2012 | 12:54 pm
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Originally Posted by DelrayChris
I'm having a difficult time correlating DL online fares with KVS data. Specifically, I have purchased several H-UP fares but cannot find the same fare with KVS.

For Example (by searching/purchasing from DL.com):

18 JUN FLL-ATL
22 JUN ATL-FLL

Selected REFUNDABLE and H. Fare paid was $725 which I then -UP'd by calling DL reservations. No additional charges.

If you select the same itinerary, buy only select H and NOT refundable, the fare is $699. When you call to -UP that fare, there is a charge of $25.

I cannot find either the $725 nor the $699 fare using KVS.

I'd like to be able to search KVS for other routes fishing for -UP fares. Surprisingly, the full Y fare, over $1,000, on this route is not upgradeable?!?!

Your assistance is appreciated!
Here they are:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.0.0/Diamond - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/US]
Code:
FLL  Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Intl FL US [KFLL]
ATL  Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Intl GA US [KATL]
R/T  18 Jun 2012 | 22 Jun 2012 | All

Carrier    From    To    Fare      Cur                      Fare Basis/TD
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
DL         FLL     ATL       178   USD                      TA14A0NN
DL         FLL     ATL       230   USD                      UA14A0UN
DL         FLL     ATL       250   USD                      UA07A0UN
DL         FLL     ATL       274   USD                      UA21A0NJ
DL         FLL     ATL       334   USD                      LA14A0VN
DL         FLL     ATL       338   USD                      LA03A0UA
DL         FLL     ATL       358   USD                      LA00A0NN
DL         FLL     ATL       414   USD                      KA07A0VN
DL         FLL     ATL       450   USD                      KA00A0UN
DL         FLL     ATL       534   USD                      QA03A0NN
DL         FLL     ATL       614   USD                      QA00A0VN
DL         FLL     ATL       678   USD                      HA00A0ON
DL         FLL     ATL       704   USD                      HA00A0RJ
DL         FLL     ATL       704   USD                      HA00UPNJ
DL         FLL     ATL       784   USD                      MA00A0XJ
DL         FLL     ATL       784   USD                      MA00UPUJ
DL         FLL     ATL       816   USD                      HA00A0ON/WNUP
DL         FLL     ATL       842   USD                      HA00A0RJ/WNUP
DL         FLL     ATL       902   USD                      MA00A0XJ/WNUP
DL         FLL     ATL      1820   USD                      Y0
DL         FLL     ATL      1968   USD                      YUP
DL         FLL     ATL      2060   USD                      F0
DL         FLL     ATL      2126   USD                      C
DL         FLL     ATL      2162   USD                      Y
DL         FLL     ATL      2568   USD                      F
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Old May 19, 2012 | 2:34 pm
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Thanks. I am seeing that as well. I am only confused by the fare difference as listed in KVS vs what is on DL.com.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 2:43 pm
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Originally Posted by DelrayChris
Thanks. I am seeing that as well. I am only confused by the fare difference as listed in KVS vs what is on DL.com.
There is no Fare difference: $678+$21 in Taxes is $699 and $704+$21 is $725.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 2:51 pm
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Originally Posted by KVS
There is no Fare difference: $678+$21 in Taxes is $699 and $704+$21 is $725.
Ah.. That's the piece I was missing. Great! Is there someplace where I can go read-up on updated fare codes data?
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Old May 19, 2012 | 3:04 pm
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Originally Posted by DelrayChris
Ah.. That's the piece I was missing. Great! Is there someplace where I can go read-up on updated fare codes data?
What exactly do you mean by "updated fare codes data"?
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Old May 19, 2012 | 4:18 pm
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Old May 19, 2012 | 5:38 pm
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Originally Posted by KVS
What exactly do you mean by "updated fare codes data"?
I'd like to be able to fully understand fare codes (eg, HA00A0ON/WNUP)
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Originally Posted by DelrayChris
I'd like to be able to fully understand fare codes (eg, HA00A0ON/WNUP)
It is just a code that identifies a particular Fare -- please refer to the Fare Rules for all the details.
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Originally Posted by KVS
It is just a code that identifies a particular Fare -- please refer to the Fare Rules for all the details.
To be a bit more precise: the 1st letter generally refers to the fare bucket which the fare books into. The rest of the code normally summarises the fare in some way - but each airline uses their own system for this. If you regularly look at the fare basis codes for a specific airline, you may be able to identify the patterns.

For example, looking at AF (and KL) (incomplete extract):

[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.9.R3/Diamond - ATP: Fares/FC/US]
Code:
CDG  Paris Charles De Gaulle FR [LFPG]
NYC  New York Metro NY US = JFK LGA
R/T  

Carrier    From    To    Fare      Cur   Total     Q    YQYR  Fare Basis
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  ----  -------------
AF         PAR     NYC       645   USD       996         351  LLSBFR
AF         PAR     NYC       645   USD       996         351  LLSRFR
AF         PAR     NYC       697   USD      1048         351  LKSBFR
AF         PAR     NYC       697   USD      1048         351  LKSRFR
AF         PAR     NYC       812   USD      1163         351  HLSRFR
AF         PAR     NYC       863   USD      1214         351  HKSRFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1068   USD      1419         351  KLSFFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1119   USD      1470         351  KKSFFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1145   USD      1496         351  LHSBFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1145   USD      1496         351  LHSRFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1311   USD      1662         351  HHSRFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1562   USD      1913         351  ULSFFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1567   USD      1918         351  KHSFFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1644   USD      1995         351  UKSFFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1772   USD      2123         351  UHSFFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1818   USD      2169         351  SLLSFR
AF         PAR     NYC      1900   USD      2251         351  SKLSFR
AF         PAR     NYC      2067   USD      2418         351  SHLSFR
AF         PAR     NYC      3219   USD      3570         351  SFFFR
we can deduce that:
1st letter = fare bucket
2nd letter = seasonality (L = low season, K = shoulder, H = high; not present for fares with no seasonality)
3rd, 4th letters = degree of flexibilty (SF = semi-flex, FF = fully flex; not sure about SB, SR or LS)
5th, 6th letters = country of origin (FR = France in this case)

For some airlines, the maximum validity will be included in the fare basis code (eg: 3M = 3 months, 1Y = 1 year, etc)

For DL, I'd guess that the number in the middle is the advance purchase requirement (eg: 21 = must be purchased 21 days in advance). However, I don't have sufficient experience to be able interpret the rest of the DL fare codes yet.

As has been said, full information is contained in the fare rules, in any case.
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