I'm not sure what ure trying to say
For a limited number of carriers, Award Availability via the [Galileo: ETR] Method is more accurate than via [Sabre: FS] -- as you have discovered, LY is one of those.
so why don't you have written on the website the carriers that sabre displays inaccurate information for?? i spent 20 minutes on hold with aa to book an award ticket only to find out that sabre is inaccurate for ly
Why dont you use the LY website?
much quicker with kvs
Not if its wrong I wasnt referring to generally, rather your above post. I thought you meant you spent 20 min trying to find an agent to book it. If the first agent said no, I would double check on LY.com or EF (am I allowed to say that in this thread?)
20 minutes on hold. but ya, that would be the best way to double check. speaking of ef, are there any limits to the number of alerts you can set? if i'm looking for 20 different routes to tlv through europe can i set an alert for each route?
30 at one time IIRC.
and how up to date are they? (ie, about how much lag is there b/w avail showing up and the alert being sent out)
Its a little hard to tell.Though every time Ive gotten an alert the seat was still available to book.
This is the 1st time this issue has been reported for LY.The KVS Tool User Guide has now been updated accordingly: http://Help.KVSTool.com/#LY
2 Problems today.1. I had to re-register kvs, it had forgotten my details (I did not update it).
2. Searching KHH-CDG it found a First on a plane that doesn't have any. (however searching leg by leg it does)
KHH Kaohsiung Intl TW [RCKH]CDG Paris Charles De Gaulle FR [LFPG]THU 22 Nov 2012 | 1 SeatCarrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------------KA 457 KHH 21:15 HKG 22:45 333 0 FS/ CS@ WS/ YS@ -> CX 261 HKG 23:50 CDG 06:10 +1 77W 0 FS@ CS@ WS/ YS@KA 457 KHH 21:15 HKG 22:45 333 0 FS/ CS@ WS/ YS+ -> CX 279 HKG 00:55 +1 CDG 07:20 +1 343 0 FS/ CS@ WS/ YS+KA 455 KHH 19:05 HKG 20:35 321 0 FS/ CS@ WS/ YS@ -> CX 261 HKG 23:50 CDG 06:10 +1 77W 0 FS@ CS@ WS/ YS@KA 455 KHH 19:05 HKG 20:35 321 0 FS/ CS@ WS/ YS+ -> CX 279 HKG 00:55 +1 CDG 07:20 +1 343 0 FS/ CS@ WS/ YS+KA 437 KHH 15:05 HKG 16:35 333 0 FS@ CS@ WS/ YS@ -> CX 261 HKG 23:50 CDG 06:10 +1 77W 0 FS@ CS@ WS/ YS@KA 437 KHH 15:05 HKG 16:35 333 0 FS@ CS@ WS/ YS+ -> CX 279 HKG 00:55 +1 CDG 07:20 +1 343 0 FS/ CS@ WS/ YS+
Wow, severe KVS downgrade. You no longer can use it to search for elite availability on UA. Very upsetting. I guess we just have to use EF.EDIT: Apparently EF pulled this too. It's a UA decision.
Crazy. Hopefully it's just a change to their protocol/site and it'll be back as soon as KVS/EF program it to work, otherwise this is sad
Its an UA official changeThis may be their biggest mistake since the merger