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Old Nov 11, 2014, 2:41 am
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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https://wtrweb.worldtracer.aero/WorldTracerWeb/pax.do
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https://www121.jal.co.jp/JmbWeb/JR/S...MileCalc_en.do
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https://www4.thy.com/mybookings/ETDisplay.tk
https://www4.thy.com/mybookings/getPnr.tk
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https://www.airberlin.com/en-DE/cockpit
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https://www.airfrance.fr/cgi-bin/AF/...chPnrAction.do
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https://www.alaskaair.com/booking/reservationlookup
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https://www.bookonline.saudiairlines...verride.action
https://www.bookonline.saudiairlines...verride.action
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https://www.britishairways.com/trave...g/public/en_gb
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https://www.checkmytrip.com/CMTSERVLET
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https://www.checkmytrip.com/cmt/apf/...&SITE=NCMTNCMT
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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
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https://www.finnair.com
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https://www.flysas.com
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https://www.iberia.com/web/retrievePNR.do
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https://www.lot.com
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https://www.lufthansa.com
Terms of Use:
http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...d=2016866&l=en

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...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
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https://www.tripple.jp
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https://www.united.com/web/en-US/app...n/default.aspx
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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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http://www.itn.net/cgi/get
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http://www.kenya-airways.com/kqbook.aspx
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http://www.myairlines.ru
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http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/do/dyn/checkmytrip
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http://www.seatexpert.com/multiple_results.php
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http://www.seatguru.com/ajax/findseatmap.php
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http://www.seatmaestro.com/airlines-...eckmytrip.html
http://www.seatmaestro.com/themes/de...te_airline.php
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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 Jul 4, 2013 | 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by tommy99
Hello, a bit of a newbie trying to figure out a mini-RTW via Aeroplan.

When I use the MPM feature on KVS, the mileage numbers are different than two online MPM calculators. Keeping in mind the 5% overage Aeroplan allows I can't fit in the stopover I wanted but could if using the other calculators.

Are the KVS numbers the one I should be going by or is there an online industry standard out there. I don't want to get everything together to book and find out that I'm either over my MPM or rather short and could have fit another leg in. Thanks!
What's your proposed routing?
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Old Jul 4, 2013 | 3:18 pm
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Thanks, I think I might have read this wrong - pehaps you can confirm. My MPM routing is 12,676. Does Aeroplan work with a straight MPM between the start and finish, in this case 12,676 but then allows milage (5% overage) up to 13,309. So in this case my routing MPMs should be fine?

[KVS Availability Tool 7.2.3 - Reference: Maximum Permitted Mileage [MPM]: YYZ-JFK-BRU-FRA-HKG-NRT/AC/AT]


CTY DC TPM CUM MPM DC SUR HGL LWL 25M XTRA
YTO 1
NYC 1 WH 352 352
BRU 2 AT 3662 4014 4518 AT 0M 504 0 5647 0
FRA 2 EH 190 4204 4741 AT 0M 537 0 5926 0
HKG 3 EH 5688 9892 12214 AT 0M 2322 0 15267 0
TYO 3 EH 1823 11715 12676 AT 0M 961 0 15845 0


[KVS Availability Tool 7.2.3 - Reference: Maximum Permitted Mileage [MPM]: YYZ-NRT/AC/AT]


GI M 5M 10M 15M 20M 25M
MPM AT 12676 13309 13943 14577 15211 15845
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Old Jul 4, 2013 | 3:53 pm
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KVS on the mobile app any idea why the EY direct flight from DEL-AUH is not showing up for say the 11th of July.
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Old Jul 4, 2013 | 10:20 pm
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Originally Posted by onlysuites
KVS on the mobile app any idea why the EY direct flight from DEL-AUH is not showing up for say the 11th of July.
The Mobile Companion Availability Engine is currently experiencing issues with flights that depart earlier than ~06:00am (such as the EY 211 flight in question). However, you can still access Timetables & Seats Maps for it.
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Old Jul 4, 2013 | 10:25 pm
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Originally Posted by tommy99
Thanks, I think I might have read this wrong - pehaps you can confirm. My MPM routing is 12,676. Does Aeroplan work with a straight MPM between the start and finish, in this case 12,676 but then allows milage (5% overage) up to 13,309. So in this case my routing MPMs should be fine?

[KVS Availability Tool 7.2.3 - Reference: Maximum Permitted Mileage [MPM]: YYZ-JFK-BRU-FRA-HKG-NRT/AC/AT]

Code:
CTY   DC   TPM   CUM   MPM  DC SUR  HGL   LWL   25M  XTRA       
YTO 1                                                           
NYC 1 WH   352   352                                            
BRU 2 AT  3662  4014  4518  AT  0M   504     0  5647     0      
FRA 2 EH   190  4204  4741  AT  0M   537     0  5926     0      
HKG 3 EH  5688  9892 12214  AT  0M  2322     0 15267     0      
TYO 3 EH  1823 11715 12676  AT  0M   961     0 15845     0

[KVS Availability Tool 7.2.3 - Reference: Maximum Permitted Mileage [MPM]: YYZ-NRT/AC/AT]

Code:
         GI       M      5M     10M     15M     20M     25M     
MPM      AT   12676   13309   13943   14577   15211   15845
The MPM is 12676 and your routing total is 11715 miles, and that's not including the MPM+5% extra allowance.

Please see also http://Help.KVSTool.com/#MPM
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 9:10 am
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Looking to test out the KVS tool, are there any coupons or vouchers available for FT members?
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 4:08 pm
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Originally Posted by drkwtsn
Looking to test out the KVS tool, are there any coupons or vouchers available for FT members?
While there are no Coupons, you can use of the 2-month membership options to 'try' the KVS Tool or take advantage of the annual bonus (which is included automatically):

http://Join.KVSTool.com/
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Old Jul 6, 2013 | 3:19 am
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Powersearch Feedback Beta

Thanks for letting me try the Beta and suggest improvements.

Currently the Beta stops when it reaches a "find". What I'd prefer it to do is to carry on searching and populate a list unti it reaches the final date in the set date range. I'd then like to print to a printer or even better a csv file the results so that I can put together a list of outward and return possibilities. At the moment my chosen manual method/way is to work through the BA calender and manually add the availability to a spreadsheet until I come up with an outward and return dates the make a viable trip. KVS would help document that directly to a spreadsheet if a saveable populated list that can be CSV saved. This would present a clear KVS advantage over simply using the BA site.

Even better would be if there was an option to merge lists ie search outward and continually add to a CSV file for say 60 days and then when working on returns use the date in the existing file as the field key and merge the return finds into the already created outward file. To make this clearer, this would mean a date column followed by flight numbers and any other detail for the outward legs followed by the return flights in the following columns. This would then produce automatically what I spend hours working on and would be a real plus for KVS.

The other suggestion is that when the search hits a find it remains on the same date of the find by default. This means that when it stops after finding a flight you have to manually reset the search date for the following day onwards otherwise it just keeps finding the same flight. I'd prefer the default after a hit to be the following day.

I can see substantial advantages if the list making suggestions I made were incorporated but I'm interested to also hear what are the advantages in using KVS in the current Beta form for a power search as against simply using the BA calender?

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Old Jul 6, 2013 | 9:39 pm
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Singapore Airlines award availability query

Looking at SQ award availability I see the notation CS~.

Can someone explain what this means. I know what CS+ and CS- are but I couldn't find any reference to this notation.
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Old Jul 6, 2013 | 10:00 pm
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Originally Posted by cssaus
Looking at SQ award availability I see the notation CS~.

Can someone explain what this means. I know what CS+ and CS- are but I couldn't find any reference to this notation.
Please see http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Method_Awards_StarAlliance
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Old Jul 8, 2013 | 6:41 pm
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Comments on Beta Power Search Feature

Hi KVS: Thanks for allowing me to beta test the new 7-day search feature. I focused my review on the Star alliance search since I am primarily a UA flyer. Here are my comments:

I agree with previous posters that having a larger window than +/- 7 days would be desirable. With this new feature, I can search an entire month with 4 clicks. Even if you decide not to go for a larger search window, this is a great improvement.

In the output window, consider adding a column for "date". The reason is that it sometimes get confusing looking at the "arrive" column which shows the time of arrival +X (where X is the day range).

It is somewhat confusing that it is possible to select a specific airline in two different areas of the same search. In the main box under the "Awards/StarAlliance-7D" window it is possible to specify a specific Star alliance carrier, or all of them. But then also under the "Filter" tab this is also possible. Is it really necessary to have this twice? Can cause confusion especially if the filter is not set to the same carrier as on the first page.
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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 6:38 am
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Hello,

I am a new user to the KVS tool. I am having problems with Awards/CX searches. It gives me an error of

Data Source Error [RD-5]:

"Error 404--Not Found"

Thanks.
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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 9:44 am
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Can I request an enhancement?

When printing availability for a day could there be a field added for the date?

This is so that when you copy subsequent days onto the same page each is dated without having to do it manually.

Thanks.
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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 9:43 pm
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Originally Posted by etkuo
I am a new user to the KVS tool. I am having problems with Awards/CX searches. It gives me an error of

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Originally Posted by sgopal2
Hi KVS: Thanks for allowing me to beta test the new 7-day search feature. I focused my review on the Star alliance search since I am primarily a UA flyer. Here are my comments:

I agree with previous posters that having a larger window than +/- 7 days would be desirable. With this new feature, I can search an entire month with 4 clicks. Even if you decide not to go for a larger search window, this is a great improvement.
Thanks for the feedback, however, you appear to be confusing the existing [Awards/StarAlliance-7D] Method (which allows 7-Day searches in a single query) with the new Beta Power Search functionality (which further extends the search range to 30 days/6+ months).

You can use the Power Search in conjunction with the [Awards/StarAlliance-7D] Method to scan *A Award Availability for up to 6+ Months.

You can also use Power Search with any other Method to scan across a period of up to 30 days.

Originally Posted by sgopal2
In the output window, consider adding a column for "date". The reason is that it sometimes get confusing looking at the "arrive" column which shows the time of arrival +X (where X is the day range).
This is something that is being potentially considered. In the meantime, you can click a segment to easily see the exact departure date. Both departure and arrival date indicators follow the requested date as a base, so if both departure and arrival date indicators show "+X", then you know that the flight arrives the same day.

Originally Posted by sgopal2
It is somewhat confusing that it is possible to select a specific airline in two different areas of the same search. In the main box under the "Awards/StarAlliance-7D" window it is possible to specify a specific Star alliance carrier, or all of them. But then also under the "Filter" tab this is also possible. Is it really necessary to have this twice? Can cause confusion especially if the filter is not set to the same carrier as on the first page.
The [Filter] allows for more flexible airline criteria -- for example, you can specify "SQ; TG" using the [Filter], instead of having to pick a single airline.
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