Horns, welcome to flyertalk.

In all honesty, he is right in that you should read and/or search the thread.

This is a community that works when members contribute, learn, and decipher information which often involves a bit of legwork. If you simply want spoonfed answers on every issue you encounter, you're going to want to visit blogs instead (who often get their information from FT).

In addition, there are many fine deals and earning opportunities that are not posted or discussed on FT, but instead over PM and private message boards because they don't want the deal killed and because too many people want spoon-fed information with instant gratification.

Bottom line: please expect a minimal level of effort to understand deals while visiting thread to thread.