His lone perk is that he gets a seat by himself in the front row.
It’s nice to know that I, too, have flown “pope style.”
That was a funny trip. Imagine running into old neighbors in the Houston airport. And having their jaws drop as they saw me seated in seat A1 in first class. They couldn’t have been more surprised if the pope were seating there.

From John Allen at NCR(eporter) via Amy Welborn.