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Originally Posted by Dr. HFH
(Post 19372946)
Please consider this a strong vote in favor of adding this capability. I use OW with the JL method. The BA method seems to take 2-3 times as long for each search, and the straight OW method (as well as the CX method) doesn't differentiate between seats CX makes available to AM members and those it makes available to partner programs. Most often, I'm looking for CX seats. I've used the *A seven day search a few times for the AC miles I sporadically collect, and it makes the searches so much easier!! Thanks, KVS!!!
Originally Posted by JIMCHI
(Post 19374292)
1. I was never aware that the CX award seats showing on KVS are not necessarily available to partner program members, such as AAdvantage. KVS- is this true and can you come up with a method which gets around this?
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Originally Posted by highman123
(Post 19377846)
I'm hitting a strange issue with KQ NBO-SEZ 08/01/2013 return 08/06/2013 - AF Tool shows availability, Deltas shows nothing - would be great if someone with access could take a look for O space?
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Originally Posted by zozeppelin
(Post 19377475)
Newbie, looking to make sure I am seeing this correctly. I am looking for US to LIM award ticket (focusing on MIA to LIM on LAN to use the sharing award class since AA is unavailable). I believe I should be looking for T class availability on LAN (X for AA) for the Standard award (so I can lump it together for 30k round trip). Now, I search oneworld awards for LIM-MIA on Oct 22nd and get nothing (both Oneworld and BA). When I look at availability I see a LIM-BOG-MIA flight with T class availability. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
[KVS Availability Tool 7.0.6/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/BA-OneWorld] Code:
LIM Lima Jorge Chavez Intl PE [SPIM] |
Now that Expert Mode and fare class availability is back on UA.com, will it reappear in KVS?
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Originally Posted by KVS
(Post 19378702)
Originally Posted by highman123
(Post 19377846)
I'm hitting a strange issue with KQ NBO-SEZ 08/01/2013 return 08/06/2013 - AF Tool shows availability, Deltas shows nothing - would be great if someone with access could take a look for O space?
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Originally Posted by highman123
(Post 19379330)
Airfrance.us shows 12 month in calendar overview. It shows there.
"You can book award tickets between 10 months and 3 hours prior to departure for short and medium-haul flights, and between 10 months and 24 hours prior to departure for long-haul flights." The calendar may show Availability beyond that range, but if you try to select such a date, you will receive an error message, such as: "There are no Air France flights on the selected route." |
Originally Posted by KVS
(Post 19382947)
As noted on AF.us:
"You can book award tickets between 10 months and 3 hours prior to departure for short and medium-haul flights, and between 10 months and 24 hours prior to departure for long-haul flights." The calendar may show Availability beyond that range, but if you try to select such a date, you will receive an error message, such as: "There are no Air France flights on the selected route." |
Originally Posted by highman123
(Post 19382976)
Fair enough but try 7/25/2013 - it shows at least 2 seats in O (Business) in low award. However Delta can't see any of it - in fact most GDS can't even see that flight at all :confused:
For tips on dealing with Agents, who may claim otherwise, please see http://Help.KVSTool.com/#AgentSaysNo [KVS Availability Tool 7.0.6/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/SkyTeam/US-AF] Code:
NBO Nairobi Metro / Jomo Kenyatta Intl KE = NBO WIL [HKNA]Code:
NBO Nairobi Metro / Jomo Kenyatta Intl KE = NBO WIL [HKNA] |
UA Award & Upgrade Availability Format Update
UA Numeric Availability Format & Elite Award/Upgrade Availability support have now been fully restored.
Please refer to the updated Method Info & UA Booking Classes Table sections for details and be sure to download the latest version (V7.0.6). |
Originally Posted by KVS
(Post 19383823)
UA Numeric Availability Format & Elite Award/Upgrade Availability support have now been fully restored.
Please refer to the updated Method Info & UA Booking Classes Table sections for details and be sure to download the latest version (V7.0.6). However, it seems to be unable to parse the 787 indication for UA: [KVS Availability Tool 7.0.6/Diamond - ITA: Awards-Upgrades/UA] Code:
SFO San Francisco Intl CA US [KSFO] |
KVS Tool wins again!
I just wanted to say thank you for this great resource. I just booked an award in C BUF -HAM RT. As I gave the agent my flt #'s, she was amazed that they all had award availability! Wow, she said, I wish all award bookings were this easy. I loved that I could check availability by several methods. I know I get the best results by "building" my ITN one seg at a time. Without this Tool I'd be lost. Thanks for all your hard work!
Eileen |
issues with ow/qantas?
i am looking at OW awards (EZE-PUQ). when i use the OW/BA method i get some results, however, this method does not include lan argentina (4M) for some reason, so i checked using the amadeus OW method which pulls from qantas and i get "no award availability" even when i am getting them with the OW/BA method. i noticed 2 issues, one with KVS and one with qantas, but not sure which one is causing the problem.
issue with qantas: i tried booking a dummy award on their website, but the departure airport (EZE) is not even an option! they have an annoying drop down menu for departure airports and it won't let you input what you want. issue with KVS: it does not give you an error message if you enter the incorrect PIN number under settings, i purposely tried several incorrect PINs and the correct PIN for my qantas account and just got "no award availability" for both the correct and incorrect PINs, so not sure if it is even checking correctly. any words of wisdom? |
Originally Posted by IAD1k
(Post 19388927)
i am looking at OW awards (EZE-PUQ). when i use the OW/BA method i get some results, however, this method does not include lan argentina (4M) for some reason, so i checked using the amadeus OW method which pulls from qantas and i get "no award availability" even when i am getting them with the OW/BA method.
4M is only supported via [Awards/OneWorld]: http://Help.KVSTool.com/#4M
Originally Posted by IAD1k
(Post 19388927)
i noticed 2 issues, one with KVS and one with qantas, but not sure which one is causing the problem.
issue with qantas: i tried booking a dummy award on their website, but the departure airport (EZE) is not even an option! they have an annoying drop down menu for departure airports and it won't let you input what you want.
Originally Posted by IAD1k
(Post 19388927)
issue with KVS: it does not give you an error message if you enter the incorrect PIN number under settings, i purposely tried several incorrect PINs and the correct PIN for my qantas account and just got "no award availability" for both the correct and incorrect PINs, so not sure if it is even checking correctly.
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Originally Posted by jasonvr
(Post 19384812)
However, it seems to be unable to parse the 787 indication for UA
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Why does it seem that every time I really need something in KVS in order to jump on a fare, I got an error :(
MCT doesn't seem to be working. Getting the error: Error Retrieving Reference Data [WDC-S-ERR] "[Host Fault] "MATIP Timeout"" |
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