I am quite frustrated with the newer version of KVS. I just updated to 7.6.1 and now I cannot even check the availability as it requires GTC credentials and I have no idea how to set it up.


I was working fine when I was upgraded to 7.5.0.

I was paying USD75 for Diamond membership and I cannot use the system now. Not really sure what I am paying for then :(

Today my diamond "contribution" finished.

Unfortunately, due to abusive behavior and actions of certain Members, I am no longer able to provide the 75 USD contribution.

Spot on 60 second observation, same for MCT.

The irony of "here is a tool to scrape other unknowning websites, pound away, even in parallel if you like, oh you want something for my website, you'll have to wait" is priceless.

whate are GTC credentials and how can I set up those to furtehr use the KVS Tool?
any help appreciated

To make it sure, either get GTC credentials yourself by being part of an institution, like a university or a travel business that offers that (no regular person on earth has that access thou ;)
or try to "steal" GTC credentials from someone else.

You won't get GTC credentials from KVS since its an 3rd party service.

But has anyone realized the "fare" tab is gone now?!?
I know it scraped the data from a .ru website, I just checked, they are still live and running, don't know why kVS is not scraping their website anymore and the fare pulling from farecompare that was introduced into 7.6 is gone already after a day or so.

So a regular user who doesn't have GTC credentials (lucky me I got some) will have no access to availability and fares anymore? Thats like one of the key features :D
But hey, we got the timetable feature now, still not sure what I would need that for thou ;)


@KVS
I think you should be a bit more open in your changelogs, as you can clearly see many of your long time members are upset about the way the information we get from you.
So why not clearly say in the changelog (of course if thats the case)
"I was pulling the data for free from flightstats and they stopped releasing that data for free so I removed that feature from the KVS tool"
and
"I was using a russian OTA to get the basefares and they (asked me to) stopp(ed) using their data, so I had to remove it" instead of just removing it and not explaining why.
Its not like its a secret where the data for the kvs tool comes from, everyone can quickly find it out with 3rd party apps.

But a bit more transparency would help the cause imo :)

Which Russian site gives the fares out?

Is the title "KVS Availability Tool" now a misnomer?

I don't think mentioning the name of the ru OTA publicly will help us here / the chance of ever getting it scraped again via KVS

The current correct name would be KVS Award availability Tool ;)

Please review the terms of the KVS Tool User Agreement that you have accepted when installing the KVS Tool.

Don't suppose you accepted any of the Ts and Cs of the sites you scrape?

e.g. "You must not permit access to or use of this website or any of the Material on or obtained from this website to any commercial entity or other organisation providing a service to the public." ?

This guy is just a master of Public Relations.

So, is "regular" availability working on the mobile app, or not?

If yes, I saw a recent post that it wasn't working on flights before, something like, 7:00 or 9:00 AM. Is that fixed yet?

I want to sign up (believe it or not, even after all of the recent "stuff"), since I'll need it for a 12 segment / 5 city trip starting on Friday.

:)

Does that agreement seek to prohibit users from looking at their router logs? It's hard to imagine any court upholding that.

Appears to be up. Doesn't appear that the time restriction is fixed. If you're going to be using it for a short period, ExpertFlyer might be a better fit for the time being while KVS gets their sources straightened out. The minimum amount for KVS is $20/2 months, while EF is $5/one month (basic) or $10/one month (pro).

EF doesn't offer DL info anymore. :(

That's why I'm here. I had an annual EF subscription.