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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:

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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:

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http://www.flightradar24.com/terms-and-conditions
Website’s 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 Flightradar24’s 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:

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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:

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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:

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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:
...
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
Terms of Use:

https://book.tam.com.br/TAM/dyn/air/...ng/retrievePNR
Terms of Use:

https://classic.checkmytrip.com/plne...ievePNR.action
Terms of Use:

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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);

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https://mytripandmore.com/TermsAndConditions.aspx
Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, you may not:
...
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:

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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.
E. 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 the Site for public or commercial purposes. Nothing on the Site shall be construed to confer any grant or license of any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, by implication, or otherwise.
...
Limitations on your use:
You agree that you will not Misuse the Site. "Misuse" includes, but is not limited to, using the Site to do any of the following:
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L. Copy or create derivative works from, display, distribute, license, perform, publish, recreate, reproduce, sell, transfer, or transmit any information, products, services, or software obtained by, from, or through the Site.
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
Terms of Use:

https://secure.jetairways.com/PlatformID/Identify.aspx
Terms of Use:

https://tickets.airtran.com/SeatAvailability.aspx
Terms of Use:

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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.

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https://www.checkmytrip.com/cmt/apf/...&SITE=NCMTNCMT
3. Licence restrictions

3.1 Except as expressly set out in this EULA or as permitted by any local law, you agree:
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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
Terms of Use:

https://www.flysas.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.iberia.com/web/retrievePNR.do
Terms of Use:

https://www.lot.com
Terms of Use:

https://www.lufthansa.com
Terms of Use:

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http://www.lufthansa.com/online/port...d=2016866&l=en

2. Proprietary rights
...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
Terms of Use:

https://www.tripple.jp
Terms of Use:

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/app...n/default.aspx
Terms of Use:

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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 United’s 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 United’s 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.

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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:
...
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:

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http://www.iata.org/Pages/terms.aspx
2. Your Conduct

The content on this Site is for your personal use only within the organization or entity to which you are attached as applicable, and it is not intended for commercial exploitation unless expressly agreed in writing by IATA through a duly authorized representative. IATA authorizes you to download or reproduce selected materials at this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use, in the ordinary course of business provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials on any copies of the materials and that the title or database brand name and IATA name is stated as the source.

You may not otherwise modify, disassemble, create derivative works, distribute, reproduce, publicly display, perform, transmit, re-transmit, sell, rent, sublicense, or otherwise use any materials or content on this Site for commercial or non-commercial exploitation by yourself or the organization or entity to which you are attached or permit third parties to so do. Without limitation, unlimited or wholesale reproduction, copying of the content for commercial or non-commercial purposes and unwarranted modification of data and information within the content is not permitted, and any use of these materials on any other website or networked computer environment for any purpose without IATA’s prior written consent is prohibited.
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4. Intellectual Property Rights

...You must not modify, decompile, or reverse engineer any software IATA discloses to you via this Site, and you must not remove, overprint, or deface any notice of copyright, trademark, logo, legend, or other notice of ownership from any originals or copies of software or information from the website. "IATA Trademarks" means all names, marks, brands, URL names or addresses, logos, designs, trade dress and other designations IATA uses in connection with Products or Services. You are not permitted to incorporate any IATA Trademarks into any other trademarks, service marks, company names, Internet addresses, domain names, or any other similar designations. Any unauthorized use of any materials contained on this website may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

http://www.itn.net/cgi/get
Terms of Use:

http://www.kenya-airways.com/kqbook.aspx
Terms of Use:

http://www.myairlines.ru
Terms of Use:

http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/do/dyn/checkmytrip
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatexpert.com/multiple_results.php
Terms of Use:

http://www.seatguru.com/ajax/findseatmap.php
Terms of Use:

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/
Terms of Use:

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Feb 10, 2014 | 5:55 am

#6541

golfmad

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Originally Posted by buylowsellhigh

Has anyone use KVS or have a know the specific fare code that Amex Platinum uses for their free companion program for first/business class?

From memory I think it has to be a fully flexible fare so F or J probably. Unless one has a really good reason to purchase a fully flexible fare it's a pretty terrible deal IMO and always has been.

Feb 10, 2014 | 5:31 pm

#6542

KVS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by buylowsellhigh

Has anyone use KVS or have a know the specific fare code that Amex Platinum uses for their free companion program for first/business class?

Quote:

Originally Posted by golfmad

From memory I think it has to be a fully flexible fare so F or J probably. Unless one has a really good reason to purchase a fully flexible fare it's a pretty terrible deal IMO and always has been.

The Booking Class(es) used and procedures vary by carrier (e.g. some will use the most expensive J-Class Fare for the 1st PAX and book both PAX into Z Class, etc.)

Please contact AMEX Travel for exact details.

Feb 11, 2014 | 8:42 am

#6543

eng3

Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PHL

Programs: UA 1K 1MM, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum, Raddison Platinum, Avis Presidents Club

Posts: 6,079

Is there a demo or trial version of the tool? Without EF, I've been manually searching R availability to try to use GPUs and it has been extremely tedious to search over several months for each route one by one. I'd like to be able to type in a route and view R availability for a few months. Or better yet, get a notification. If KVS can solve the issue, I'd gladly subscribe. However, I don't want to commit to $60 (I think I will need platinum) if it ends up not meeting my needs.

Or if I do the 2mo plan, can I upgrade to 6mo or annual later?

Feb 11, 2014 | 10:44 am

#6544

KVS

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Originally Posted by eng3

You can use the new [Power Search] feature at the Diamond level to help you locate Award/Upgrade Availability:

http://Help.KVSTool.com/#PowerSearch
http://Help.KVSTool.com/#UA

Quote:

Originally Posted by eng3

Or if I do the 2mo plan, can I upgrade to 6mo or annual later?

Yes, you can do so by sending a request via http://Contact.KVSTool.com/ within 7 days of sign-up.

Feb 11, 2014 | 3:09 pm

#6545

mikekzc

Join Date: Feb 2014

Posts: 3

Hi all,

I have just got the KVS tool today. I did a very simple search from Tallahasee to Atlanta, it is odd that I did not get any result back.

What I am planning to do is to search from Tallahassee to Beijing, which I always get "No Results/Route Too Complex", So I break it to Tallahassee to Atlanta, Atlanta to Beijing. From Atlanta to Beijing, it works great. But it gives "No Results/Route Too Complex" when search from Tallahassee to Atlanta.

Please help, thanks a lot.

Mike

[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.4/Diamond - Awards/StarAlliance/JP-ANA-SP1]

TLH Tallahassee Muni FL US [KTLH]
ATL Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Intl GA US [KATL]
MON 28 Apr 2014 | 2 Seats

Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ----------------------------
No Results/Route Too Complex

Feb 11, 2014 | 3:32 pm

#6546

KVS

Original Poster

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Jan 2004

Location: Worldwide

Posts: 12,952

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikekzc

I have just got the KVS tool today.

Welcome to FT & KVS Tool!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikekzc

I did a very simple search from Tallahasee to Atlanta, it is odd that I did not get any result back.

What I am planning to do is to search from Tallahassee to Beijing, which I always get "No Results/Route Too Complex", So I break it to Tallahassee to Atlanta, Atlanta to Beijing. From Atlanta to Beijing, it works great. But it gives "No Results/Route Too Complex" when search from Tallahassee to Atlanta.

Please search segment-by-segment (e.g. TLH-CLT/MIA + CLT/MIA-ATL + ATL-PEK) on that route or use the [Awards/AC-StarAlliance] Method instead:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.4/Diamond - Awards/AC-StarAlliance/CA]

Code:

TLH  Tallahassee Muni FL US [KTLH]
PEK  Beijing Capital Intl CN [ZBAA]
MON  28 Apr 2014 | 2 Seats

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------
US/#P      4702    TLH   06:50     CLT   08:18     CR7  0   FS+
 -> US/YV  2898    CLT   09:12     IAD   10:30     CR9  0   FS+
 -> UA     897     IAD   12:20     PEK   14:20 +1  777  0   FS+
US/#P      4640    TLH   20:10     CLT   21:32     CR7  0   YS+
 -> UA/EV  4701    CLT   05:55 +1  IAD   07:17 +1  ERJ  0   YS+
 -> UA     897     IAD   12:20 +1  PEK   14:20 +2  777  0   YS+
US/#P      4640    TLH   20:10     CLT   21:32     CR7  0   YS+
 -> US/YV  2898    CLT   09:26 +1  IAD   10:42 +1  CR9  0   YS+
 -> UA     897     IAD   12:20 +1  PEK   14:20 +2  777  0   YS+
US/#P      4702    TLH   06:50     CLT   08:18     CR7  0   FS+
 -> US     1830    CLT   09:23     JFK   11:11     321  0   FS+
 -> CA     990     JFK   12:50     PEK   14:20 +1  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4702    TLH   06:50     CLT   08:18     CR7  0   FS+
 -> US     1983    CLT   11:16     JFK   13:06     319  0   FS+
 -> CA     982     JFK   16:50     PEK   18:20 +1  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4702    TLH   06:50     CLT   08:18     CR7  0   FS+
 -> US     1830    CLT   09:23     JFK   11:11     321  0   FS+
 -> CA     982     JFK   16:50     PEK   18:20 +1  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4702    TLH   06:50     CLT   08:18     CR7  0   FS+
 -> US     671     CLT   13:17     JFK   15:16     321  0   FS+
 -> CA     982     JFK   16:50     PEK   18:20 +1  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4640    TLH   20:10     CLT   21:32     CR7  0   FS+  YS+
 -> US     1830    CLT   09:25 +1  JFK   11:07 +1  321  0   FS+  YS+
 -> CA     990     JFK   12:50 +1  PEK   14:20 +2  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4640    TLH   20:10     CLT   21:32     CR7  0   FS+
 -> US     1898    CLT   22:12     JFK   23:58     321  0   FS+
 -> CA     990     JFK   12:50 +1  PEK   14:20 +2  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4640    TLH   20:10     CLT   21:32     CR7  0   YS+
 -> US     2042    CLT   07:45 +1  JFK   09:30 +1  321  0   YS+
 -> CA     990     JFK   12:50 +1  PEK   14:20 +2  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4640    TLH   20:10     CLT   21:32     CR7  0   YS+
 -> US     1830    CLT   09:25 +1  JFK   11:07 +1  321  0   YS+
 -> CA     982     JFK   16:50 +1  PEK   18:20 +2  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4640    TLH   20:10     CLT   21:32     CR7  0   YS+
 -> US     2042    CLT   07:45 +1  JFK   09:30 +1  321  0   YS+
 -> CA     982     JFK   16:50 +1  PEK   18:20 +2  773  0   YS+
US/#P      4640    TLH   20:10     CLT   21:32     CR7  0   YS+
 -> US     1993    CLT   07:45 +1  LAX   10:16 +1  321  0   YS+
 -> CA     988     LAX   13:20 +1  PEK   17:00 +2  773  0   YS+

Feb 11, 2014 | 3:48 pm

#6547

mikekzc

Join Date: Feb 2014

Posts: 3

[QUOTE=KVS;22331054]Welcome to FT & KVS Tool!

Thanks a lot for the quick reply, really appreciate it.

To use the [Awards/AC-StarAlliance], it need the AC AE number, which I don't have it currently. Is it a credit card number? or a number which I can get for free.

Thanks again.

Mike

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Feb 11, 2014 | 3:53 pm

#6548

KVS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mikekzc

Thanks a lot for the quick reply, really appreciate it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikekzc

To use the [Awards/AC-StarAlliance], it need the AC AE number, which I don't have it currently. Is it a credit card number? or a number which I can get for free.

Please click the small [?] button and follow the sign-up link.

Feb 11, 2014 | 9:18 pm

#6549

mikekzc

Join Date: Feb 2014

Posts: 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by KVS

Please click the small [?] button and follow the sign-up link.

Thanks a lot, gotta it. Appreciate yourreplies.

Feb 12, 2014 | 9:48 am

#6550

eng3

Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PHL

Programs: UA 1K 1MM, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum, Raddison Platinum, Avis Presidents Club

Posts: 6,079

Thanks, I have signed up as a diamond user and figured out how to do a search for R space over a month. It runs a bit slower than I thought it would, but it is still less tedious than doing it manually. Is there a way to have it not stop after finding the first result? I'd like to see all results of the 30 day period. Actually, it would be nice if I could have it keep going for longer than 30 days without having to click again.

Also, I did not realize, that your tool acts as a web browser to united. Does this tool violate any of the TOS of united.com? I don't want united to complain to me that I'm doing something wrong.

"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 ..."
This isnt considered copying or creating derivative works?

"User agrees not to use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy this Web site or the content ..."
Is this considered an automatic device to copy the content?

"User agrees not to take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure."
I suppose this is not adding any more load than me searching manually.

Feb 12, 2014 | 11:31 am

#6551

KVS

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Posts: 12,952

Quote:

Originally Posted by eng3

Thanks, I have signed up as a diamond user and figured out how to do a search for R space over a month.

Welcome to KVS Tool!

Quote:

Originally Posted by eng3

Is there a way to have it not stop after finding the first result? I'd like to see all results of the 30 day period. Actually, it would be nice if I could have it keep going for longer than 30 days without having to click again.

The Power Search is designed to locate the first available date. However, you can continue the search going forward by clicking the [Power Search] button again.

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Originally Posted by eng3

This isnt considered copying or creating derivative works?

No, you are just viewing a web page (unless you decide to do something else with it).

Quote:

Originally Posted by eng3

Is this considered an automatic device to copy the content?

No, it is a web browser.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eng3

I suppose this is not adding any more load than me searching manually.

That is correct.

Feb 12, 2014 | 11:32 am

#6552

diamondeye

Join Date: Feb 2014

Location: Washington, DC

Programs: UA, DL, AA, US, SQ, TK, SPG, HH, CC, Avis, Hertz, Thrifty, Enterprise, Chase UR, Amex MR

Posts: 74

Is it possible to search multiple destination airports?

I´ve been playing with the KVS tool a lot lately and had a functionality question.

I think this is not possible but I could be wrong. Say I am ex-WAS, the origin will always be the same, but suppose I had a long list of possible destination airports, like anything in SoFla or the Caribbean for example. Is there a way I can supply the whole list of destination airports and have KVS crank through, say, MIA, FLL, PBI, SXM, SJU, STT, NAS, GCB, MBJ, CUN, PUJ, ANU, AUA, for example, all at once and display all the results in the output box, as opposed to doing it all one by one? And for that matter, adding multiple alliances to search? The tool .does. do this, but not all at once. It would save loads of time if I could queue up a mass search. Is there a scripting language like ITA has?

YS ex-WAS to anywhere warm this Friday after work for the three day weekend is essentially non-existent right now but the search would be far less painful if I could bulk search.

Feb 12, 2014 | 7:07 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by diamondeye

You cannot specify multiple cities at once.

However, you can run multiple instances of the KVS Tool (on the same machine) to search different routes (or alliances) simultaneously.

Feb 13, 2014 | 6:21 pm

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I'm looking for a CX F award seat around 22-25 February HKG-JFK. Using the JL method looking for CX on HKG-JFK (the way I always search that route), only CX 846 is showing up, only that one flight on the listing although they run 4 flights/day. Any ideas?

Feb 13, 2014 | 8:28 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. HFH

You need to specify [Time:] to see those flights when using the [Awards/JL-OneWorld] Method:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.4/Diamond - Awards/JL-OneWorld/US]

Code:

HKG  Hong Kong Intl HK [VHHH]
JFK  New York John F Kennedy Intl NY US [KJFK]
SAT  22 Feb 2014

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
CX         830     HKG   09:35     JFK   12:10     77W  0   FS0  CS0  YS4
CX         840     HKG   16:20     JFK   19:15     77W  0   FS0  CS0  YS4
CX         846     HKG   19:45     JFK   22:25     77W  0   FS0  CS0  YS4
CX         838     HKG   16:25     YVR   11:45     77W  0   FS/  CS0  YS0
 -> CX     888     YVR   21:50     JFK   06:00 +1  77W  0   FS0  CS0  YS0