Reserve at least 2.5h for international connections to the US. Airport is crowded and slow moving. Trains connecting terminals are stuffed and do not run on time.
Are you thinking about not paying $80 to get into NYC? Feel like the $16 bus is a good idea? Wrong: 15 minutes is a different concept to them, stop and wait at every stop; take the train. Or walk.
Crappy airport with broken promises of free wifi... If your from outside of the U.S. Like Canada? You can't download the free app to use the free wifi😡
Be prepared to wait at baggage claim an inordinate amount of time. It is never timely. Have a book and a cup of coffee. No bathrooms on bagclaim levels.
Come early security delays are annoying. To self park for over a day u must take a bus to ur terminal. Not like other airports where u park and walk in.
Cancer-Causing Full Body Scanners (aka TSA Death Machines) in use. Request a normal pat down instead--if more than one at a time does it, they just have you go through the metal detector
Off-site parking shuttles pick up & drop off @ TERM. C, not P4 as shown on signs. NJ Transit, use your ticket to get on AirTrain which takes to train station, which is not actually at the airport.
To get free wifi you can use the continental presidents club. It seems to be above McDonalds in terminal C. You can sit at gate 75 and still have strong connection.
In terminal C, look on the floor in the carpeted areas for electrical outlets. They are black plastic circles and you have to slide a plastic piece back to expose the outlet.
Crowded concourses. Super sensitive metal detectors mean I somehow have to take my shoes off going through TSA Precheck, every time. Rude or disinterested staff are the norm everywhere you go here.
DO NOT EVER LET MARIA JOSEPHINA POLANCO (the hostess from Saison in TERMINAL C (RESTAURANT C3) borrow ANY MONEY from you. SHE'S A BITCH , she won't pay you back. I LET HER BORROW $540 SINCE 04/16.
If you have time and want to sit at the bar and get a hot meal and a drink while watching the game, don't go thru security to your terminal or you will be stuck with candybars, chips and a pop.