Originally Posted by
Lori_Q
Being a 1K has little to do with one's level of knowledge about how fare buckets work. The fact that booking codes are available, but cannot be purchased, is not obvious to the average ticket-buyer. I didn't know it until I started hanging out at FlyerTalk.
1) It was a joke, Lori_Q.
2) The person to whom it was directed also might not be an average ticket-buyer.