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KVS Jun 25, 2013 10:23 am


Originally Posted by Tobias-UK (Post 20984329)
Is the Beta Power Search function only functional with *A or can it be used for oneworld too?

[Power Search] is available for all 3 Alliances, as well as supported Non-Alliance airlines.

Flyer IAH Jun 25, 2013 11:02 am


Originally Posted by belfordrocks (Post 20986372)
I think the idea is it stops searching the first day that there is availability. Not sure if that's intended though, and I'd much prefer if it displayed all availability for the duration of the whole search.

Agree, the whole point would be to see availability for a period of time, rather than stopping on the first day that is available.

The Mileage Millionaire Jun 25, 2013 11:07 am


Originally Posted by KVS (Post 20986540)
Indeed, the [Power Search] is designed to stop as soon as Flight(s) with Award Seat Availability matching the [Filter] criteria are located.

It would be nice to see more availability, even if that meant restricting the searches to a shorter time span such as the *A +/-3 or 6 days. In other words, it would be nice to have a method for performing ST, OW, EY, and VS multi-day searches that return all availability.

Flyer IAH Jun 25, 2013 11:17 am


Originally Posted by KVS (Post 20986540)
Welcome to FT!
Indeed, the [Power Search] is designed to stop as soon as Flight(s) with Award Seat Availability matching the [Filter] criteria are located.

An explanation from KVS on how to search for awards with the Power Search, what the different options in the filter do, how the information is displayed, what date is the result showing, etc., etc. would be helpful.

belfordrocks Jun 25, 2013 11:30 am

Along the same veins, is a "power route" tool in the works - where I can enter many route pairs and click enter, and have them all searched systematically?

Jim055 Jun 25, 2013 11:51 am


Originally Posted by belfordrocks (Post 20986372)
I think the idea is it stops searching the first day that there is availability. Not sure if that's intended though, and I'd much prefer if it displayed all availability for the duration of the whole search.

This concept does not work for me. I want to see all the availability for the the time period specified.

Jim055 Jun 25, 2013 11:52 am


Originally Posted by belfordrocks (Post 20987066)
Along the same veins, is a "power route" tool in the works - where I can enter many route pairs and click enter, and have them all searched systematically?

If possible, this would be fantastic.

Jim055 Jun 25, 2013 12:29 pm

I'm getting the hang of this. Power search is basically a macro for the tool. That said, it stops at the first instance of the filter. It needs a "continue" button to resume the rest of the search.

Oneworld is issuing an error message: [9] out of subscript.

KVS Jun 25, 2013 1:12 pm


Originally Posted by Jim055 (Post 20987511)
Oneworld is issuing an error message: [9] out of subscript.

We are currently looking into this issue -- please use [Awards/BA-OneWorld] in the meantime.

atopschij Jun 25, 2013 8:34 pm

Hi,
Same issue as previous post.

I started to try today the new Beta, with the power search. However, I am somehow unable to search for a timespan longer than 7 days. I go to Award search, choose StarAlliance-7D; then I set up a filter (right now, I just tick "Filter results"), then back to award search, hit the powersearch button right above "Go", choose a +- range of 1 month. Then it works, but gives me only a list of 7 days. Is this correct, or am I doing something wrong?
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
Alex.

jasonvr Jun 25, 2013 8:46 pm

Tried out the Beta briefly last night. Agree with others that it would be good to see all days that "hit" on the criteria, not stop a the first one. Also, I did 2x 30 day searches on the *A method (NH) and about 1/3 of the way thru the second search I started getting the captcha messages which was quite annoying

nyc6035 Jun 26, 2013 5:06 am

I've tried the beta for a bit as well. Firstly I'll say I am appreciative of new functionality. That said - the idea of search a 30 day parameter to me means searching the entire calendar - not just searching for the next available date. As constructed - I'm not certain I would have any 'use case' the functionality would meet - other than the close in emergency - where you say - find me the next available (award) flight.

marty.mohr Jun 26, 2013 11:15 am

Stopping at the first hit is quite annoying … and somewhat useless. However unless the appropriate itinerary is requested, the results returned for all dates could be quite overwhelming … which also would make it useless. :)

What I'd like to see is the ability to input a particular flight number - then have it display all availability within the time period specified.

geo1005 Jun 26, 2013 12:59 pm


Originally Posted by KVS (Post 20987777)
We are currently looking into this issue -- please use [Awards/BA-OneWorld] in the meantime.

I just tried a simple Star Alliance award search and received a "System Unavailable due to Maintenance" - I had 7.2.1 version so updated to 7.2.2 and still recived the same. I did not see a notice on the website... anyone else getting error messages???

KVS Jun 26, 2013 1:21 pm


Originally Posted by geo1005 (Post 20994359)
I just tried a simple Star Alliance award search and received a "System Unavailable due to Maintenance" - I had 7.2.1 version so updated to 7.2.2 and still recived the same. I did not see a notice on the website... anyone else getting error messages???

The [Awards/StarAlliance] Engine is undergoing schedule maintenance between 18:00-20:00 GMT on 26 Jun 2013. Please use the [Awards/AC-StarAlliance] Method during this time period.


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