DL is now forcing the users to create a Password for existing PIN-only SM accounts.

KVS Tool has been updated to support the use of DL SM # + Password or Username + Password combinations. Please download V7.1.0 and follow the on-screen instructions.

KVS Tool: Version 7.1.0 Release -- What's New
 

• Resolved: [Sabre: FS], [Awards/StarAlliance], [Awards/AC-StarAlliance], [Awards/SQ] & [Awards/DL-SkyTeam] Method Issues
  
  
• Added: Copa [CM], Avianca [AV], TACA [TA], LACSA [LR], Shenzhen [ZH] Award Availability (Star Alliance)
  
  
• Added: Air Berlin [AB], FlyNiki [HG] Award Availability (OneWorld)
  
  
• Added: MEA [ME], Saudia [SV], Aerolineas Argentinas [AR], Shanghai [FM], Xiamen [MF] Award Availability (SkyTeam)

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Just upgraded to 7.1.0 on MAC under CrossOver. *A under Awards/AC-StarAlliance gives error 12045. The KVS website directs you to a Microsoft link that wants to run Genuine Windows Validation to update Root Certificates. This is not possible under CrossOver. Are there any other ways to upgrade the Root Certificates?

Please try installing Internet Explorer 7 into the same CrossOver Bottle. If this does not help, please contact CrossOver support for assistance.

Didn't fix it. I've opened a ticket with CrossOver.

Download VirtualBox and use that instead. It's like Boot Camp but runs as a window in OS X so you can access both systems at once, and also share clipboards etc. I'd really recommend it, and it's free.

I already have parallels so no need for VirtualBox. However it doesn't help much - you are still stuck with the full Microsloth OS. Apart from the ANA issues, KVS opens & runs fast under CrossOver.

Anyhow, I opened a ticket with CrossOver & have the problem solved. I had to add a "wininet" key to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine" in the bottle's registry. Then add a DWORD value to that "wininet" key. Name the DWORD value "accept_invalid_certs" and set it to "1".

I've used KVS under CrossOver and find VirtualBox to be better anyway :eek: But with VB I can use it simultaneously with AirlineRouteMapper..

Checking availability on UA 1140 RSW-CLE Dec 5 -- KVS shows Y4, but united.com shows Y9. Why the discrepancy?

Also, when I use airport code RSW in the Fares tab with the Sabre method, I get a datasource error "minimum advance booking of 48 hours required". This has been broken for a while now. If I switch to the Galileo method, it works.

Am I doing something wrong, or is KVS just crap at finding real world cheaper fares?

I'm trying to find the cheapest way of getting from SYD-LON, leaving at the start of January and returning by the 12th of February. I search the KVSTool and find the three cheapest are with air china:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/UK **]
Ok, great - so I copy those to the ITA tool using option provided, and...the ITA tool doesn't find anything for those dates. For any of those fares.

What's going on? Why is it showing me fares for a specific date and telling me to go to ITA, and yet ITA shows nothing? How do I find the cheapest fares for those dates?

-simon

Thanks for reporting back -- for the benefit of other Mac users, we have added a link to the work-around to the KVS Tool User Guide:
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Mac

Did you follow Steps 3-5 at http://www.KVSTool.com/Planning-A-Trip.php?

It's not actually a discrepancy -- depending on the airline, cabin and the GDS system used, the maximum number of seats shown can be one of the following: 9, 7 or 4.

Please use the [ITA: Awards-Upgrades/UA] Method, which will show up to 9 Seats for UA flights.

This is a limitation of the [DotRes] Engine -- please adjust the Date to be at least 48 hours into the future or use a different Fares Method.

Hi, I am rather new of using KVS. I notice the availability is not so accurate.

I enquire PVG-HKG on 5-Jan. The result is
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]

PVG Shanghai PuDong CN [ZSPD]
HKG Hong Kong Intl HK [VHHH]
SUN 06 Jan 2013

Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- --------------------------------------------------
CX/KA 6855 PVG 08:25 HKG 11:05 320 J7 C7 D7 I6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O2
CX/KA 6845 PVG 08:40 HKG 11:25 333 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9
CX 365 PVG 09:45 HKG 12:30 333 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9
CX/KA 6833 PVG 11:20 HKG 14:05 333 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O5
CX 367 PVG 12:20 HKG 15:05 773 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9
CX/KA 6853 PVG 12:50 HKG 15:35 320 J3 C4 D3 I2 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9
CX/KA 6861 PVG 13:20 HKG 16:05 321 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9
CX/KA 6835 PVG 14:20 HKG 17:05 333 F9 A9 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9
CX/KA 6865 PVG 15:20 HKG 18:05 321 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O0
CX/KA 6859 PVG 16:20 HKG 19:05 333 F9 A9 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9
CX 369 PVG 17:25 HKG 20:15 77W J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9
CX/KA 6863 PVG 18:20 HKG 21:05 333 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9


It shows a lot of availability on CX367 on V class (V9). When I called CX office, they told me there is no V class availability on that flight and it has to wait list.....

So my question, how can I get very different result?

Hi. I continue to have problems pulling up routing rules on international flights. It either times out or gives a busy error message. I'd say 75% of the time I am not successful. Any suggetions appreciated. Currently I'm trying to see routing for

UA
SFO-SIN r/t
12/11-12/13
KKX0ZMM3

Can you happen to see the routing? Thank you.