My group left on the red-eye from SLC Int'l airport at 12:05 AM MST on January 3rd going to JFK in New York. We arrived in New York at 6:30 AM EST. From there we had a twelve hour lay over until our flight for Venice. That's a long time to spend in an airport so we decided to go find the USO. We asked a Delta Airlines employee and she informed us that JFK doesn't have a USO, which I found surprising. We also asked her where to check in for international flights and she said right here and asked us to wait for her, she would be right back. About 45 minutes later she came back and checked us all in and then took us to the airline's Gold Crown Club where we spent the rest of the day until it was time to go to our gate.
If you have never been in the Gold Crown Club, which up until now I never had, it is the 'rock star treatment' as one of my soldiers put it. The chairs are way more comfortable, the amenities are much nicer, and we had access to free food and drink while we were there. It was way better than hanging out in the regular airport all day. Way, way better. More later...
