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Catman ~ The TWA flight he's on, and probably many of his longer flights are chartered to just carry him (and all the folks accompanying him), and I don't think you earn ff miles for charter flights (or professional athletes would all be elite members too!).
I wouldn't think the Pope would ever fly on a regularly scheduled commercial flight, but I could be wrong ...