Originally Posted by baccarat_king

turkeyRIOO, you are thinking too much here.
The "vast majority" of these folks are
(a) OPMs, who have their assistant book travel based on policy. The assistant is allowed to book J/F, the assistant books J/F. This flight becomes part of the overall travel scheme. The person flying (HVC) has no idea of the fare or fare code or anything else. They are too busy, to worry about such trivial things

or (b) typical high earners, this is of minimal worry. When you earn in excess of €1million/year+++ (most) people don't sit around analyzing such things, unless, it's a personal interest and hobby (of which, it is NOT for the vast majority of people who fly).