Well, we got out of the hotel at 6am to get to the airport for the 8am flight. There was an enormous line for security, but my Elite Access pass got us to the front. And, as it turns out, the Delta Crown Room Club accepted my Il Duce Club card, so my boss & I got to lounge for a bit.
And, as it turns out, the card is worth every penny. Our flight’s delayed 75 minutes, and the atmosphere out at the gate is getting pretty surly.
That is SO worth every penny. . .like the Bose Headphones.
One of our advertisers got fake-pissed at me when I met up with him out by the gate, and mentioned, “The Club Room’s over there. I already got Gary in on my pass, but if you’ve got a card of your own, you oughtta come in.”
At first, he thought I was talking about being a high roller because MY company has a President’s Club membership. I told him that I pay for it myself because, well, “I don’t like sitting outside in the terminal with people.” At that point, I became even MORE of a high roller in his eyes, so I launched into my “I don’t have children!” shtick, which included such faves as, “Sure, we’ll have no one to take care of us when we get old, but right now we get to hang out in the President’s Club!”
The delay turned out to be only 55 minutes, so my boss & I got to my car around 5:30pm, just in time to deal with the Garden State Parkway during rush hour!