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belfordrocks Mar 12, 2013 7:54 pm


Originally Posted by pedropescador (Post 20408113)
Just signed up for KVS and got stuck trying to find award availability for One World airlines SFO-Del-SFO April 2 - May 4.
KVS asks me for my Quantas FF info, which I have entered into the appropriate field. But I can not figure out how to enter the info into the KVS database, there is no submit button and clicking "enter" doesn't do anything.
Don't see any instructions or help anywhere.
Thank you for any tips.

I think you just do nothing - it automatically "enters".

FriendlySkies Mar 12, 2013 7:56 pm


Originally Posted by pedropescador (Post 20408113)
Just signed up for KVS and got stuck trying to find award availability for One World airlines SFO-Del-SFO April 2 - May 4.
KVS asks me for my Quantas FF info, which I have entered into the appropriate field. But I can not figure out how to enter the info into the KVS database, there is no submit button and clicking "enter" doesn't do anything.
Don't see any instructions or help anywhere.
Thank you for any tips.

Once you enter your Qantas number, just go back to the Awards/Upgrades tab, and you will be able to search for your flights.

KVS Mar 12, 2013 8:11 pm


Originally Posted by pedropescador (Post 20408113)
Just signed up for KVS

Welcome to the KVS Tool!


Originally Posted by FriendlySkies (Post 20409541)
Once you enter your Qantas number, just go back to the Awards/Upgrades tab, and you will be able to search for your flights.

Exactly :).

pedropescador Mar 12, 2013 10:34 pm

Thank you for the help! I think I tried that and the same window would pop up again, but will try again when I am back in the office tomorrow.

Bruce11 Mar 14, 2013 11:32 am

Delta 2 letter buckets / booking classes Availability Search
 
Is there a way to search for the Delta 2-letter booking classes, such as NK and OK?

Thanks

stevea1234 Mar 14, 2013 11:52 am

Just renewed my membership but changed the level from Diamond to Platinum.

I use KVS Tool mainly for BA award availability which the websites shows as available in the Platinum version, but each time I try to use it tells me I need to upgrade to Diamond?

Is this is a bug or am I doing something wrong? It worked fine when I had Diamond by the way, but as I didn't need the other features I decided to go with Platinum.

KVS Mar 14, 2013 12:12 pm


Originally Posted by stevea1234 (Post 20419213)
Just renewed my membership but changed the level from Diamond to Platinum.

I use KVS Tool mainly for BA award availability which the websites shows as available in the Platinum version, but each time I try to use it tells me I need to upgrade to Diamond?

BA Award Availability is accessible via the [Awards/OneWorld] Method at the Platinum level and also via the [Awards/BA-OneWorld] & [Awards/JL-OneWorld] Methods at the Diamond level.

KVS Mar 14, 2013 12:15 pm


Originally Posted by Bruce11 (Post 20419095)
Is there a way to search for the Delta 2-letter booking classes, such as NK and OK?

The KVS Tool does support all DL 2-letter Award Booking Classes -- please see http://Help.KVSTool.com/#DL

stevea1234 Mar 14, 2013 12:18 pm


Originally Posted by KVS (Post 20419322)
BA Award Availability is accessible via the [Awards/OneWorld] Method at the Platinum level and also via the [Awards/BA-OneWorld] & [Awards/JL-OneWorld] Methods at the Diamond level.

Just worked that out, but that means I need to create myself a Qantas FC account?

Anyway, did that and I now get results (suggest you add this somewhere as it's far from obvious), but the results are in a different format.

What does FS- and FS+ mean? Seems to indicate first class upgrade award, but what is the + and - part? Also, the BA option included number of seats but the Qantas one doesn't?

Thanks for the help.

KVS Mar 14, 2013 12:29 pm


Originally Posted by stevea1234 (Post 20419362)
Just worked that out, but that means I need to create myself a Qantas FC account?

Anyway, did that and I now get results (suggest you add this somewhere as it's far from obvious), but the results are in a different format.

What does FS- and FS+ mean? Seems to indicate first class upgrade award, but what is the + and - part? Also, the BA option included number of seats but the Qantas one doesn't?

Please see:

http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Method_Amadeus_Awards_OneWorld
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Q6

stevea1234 Mar 14, 2013 3:23 pm


Originally Posted by KVS (Post 20419420)

Thanks, getting there!

Next question. I'm looking for CW / Business upgrade availability on BA.

The previous OW / BA option made sense and seemed to show what was available, but the OW only / Qantas option doesn't.

For the 8th April LHR to LAX on BA269 it shows FS- YS+. Now, what about CW / Business? I'm assuming it's not FS as that's first? Also if you try to book a BA avios booking in economy there's nothing available, yet wouldn't YS+ mean there should be? Selected 1 seat by the way.

Lastly can I upgrade from Platinum to Diamond? Only went for Platinum as it appeared to offer the same level of information for BA when it seems that it doesn't.

Jason Bon Mar 14, 2013 4:53 pm

Different flight availability results
Hi, I was trying to search for flight
MEL - x SIN - PVG for QF on 26 March 2013

But I was getting different results. What could be the cause?
Expedia can see a very low S class being able to book, so I'm confused.

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.7/Gold - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
Code:

MEL  Melbourne Metro / Tullamarine VI AU = MEL AVV [YMML]
PVG  Shanghai PuDong CN [ZSPD]
TUE  26 Mar 2013

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -----------------------------------------------------------
QF        9      MEL  16:40    SIN  21:25    388      F9 A9 J9 C9 D9 I9 W9 R9 T0 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0
 -> QF/MU  4068    SIN  23:25    PVG  05:00    763      J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.7/Gold - Galileo: Availability/ETR/JP]
Code:

MEL  Melbourne Metro / Tullamarine VI AU = MEL AVV [YMML]
PVG  Shanghai PuDong CN [ZSPD]
TUE  26 Mar 2013

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------
QF        9      MEL  16:40    SIN  21:25    388  0  Y4
 -> QF    4068    SIN  23:25    PVG  05:00 +1  763  0  Y9


monitor Mar 14, 2013 7:10 pm


Originally Posted by KVS (Post 20419335)
The KVS Tool does support all DL 2-letter Award Booking Classes -- please see http://Help.KVSTool.com/#DL

I guess that I am a bit late to the party over here since I have been using another tool for some number of years but have recently been given some reasons to investigate over here.

The link above is quite interesting however I do not see the "U" category of upgrade buckets such as RU and OU nor the "P" category of RP and OP. Are they to be found on KVS? They are actually more important to me than the award availabilities (which can usually be overpowered by throwing more SkyPesos at them until they give you what you need). ;)

SuperFlyBoy Mar 14, 2013 11:04 pm

Sabre: Availability/FS not working.

KVS Mar 15, 2013 2:55 pm


Originally Posted by stevea1234 (Post 20420463)
Thanks, getting there!

Next question. I'm looking for CW / Business upgrade availability on BA.

The previous OW / BA option made sense and seemed to show what was available, but the OW only / Qantas option doesn't.

For the 8th April LHR to LAX on BA269 it shows FS- YS+. Now, what about CW / Business? I'm assuming it's not FS as that's first? Also if you try to book a BA avios booking in economy there's nothing available, yet wouldn't YS+ mean there should be? Selected 1 seat by the way.

There is no C Award Availability. BA confirms 9+ Y Award Seats available, so everything matches:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.7/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/BA-OneWorld]
Code:

LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
LAX  Los Angeles Intl CA US [KLAX]
MON  08 Apr 2013

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive        St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------
BA        279    LHR  09:40    LAX  12:55              YS9


Originally Posted by stevea1234 (Post 20420463)
Lastly can I upgrade from Platinum to Diamond? Only went for Platinum as it appeared to offer the same level of information for BA when it seems that it doesn't.

Yes -- please submit a request via http://Contact.KVSTool.com/


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