Gas to the fire! Gas to the fire!

I don't get this insistent use of the "rush to the funeral" argument. As far as I know, people don't announce their deaths with 7/14/21-day advance notice, and thus people going to a funeral would be likely paying more full-boat like fares, and thus more likely to get better treatment from the airlines anyway? I think there is alignment there.

Of course, one could use miles on short notice, but I don't think this would be the rule, more the exception, given that most people don't have enough miles sitting around for such trips, and the likelihood of finding open seats that can be bought with miles decreases as the flight date approaches.