Worked back from the departure: reserve a ride to DEN from Aurora
A ride to DEN from Aurora is worked backwards from the departure. You give the flight time and your street; the car company proposes the pickup time in its written quote, and you can ask for it earlier before you say yes.
How the pickup time is chosen
The company counts the road miles from your street to the terminal, the hour of day, the month and the bags, and adds the time the airport asks fliers to allow before a departure. From the northern edge of the city the drive is short; from the southern neighborhoods past E-470 it is about twenty-four road miles. The proposed time is in the quote, so you see it before anything is reserved.
Weather that moves the time
From October to May a pickup may follow a night of snow. When snow is forecast, the company may move the pickup earlier and tells you by text or in writing the evening before. The month sheets show how much snow each month brings in a normal year.
Dropped off at the departures curb
The car drops you off on the departures level outside the main terminal, on the east or the west side. Tell the company which side your check-in counter is on if you know it; the driver unloads your bags at the curb.
Very early departures
For a departure before 7 a.m., the office phone may not be open yet on the morning of the ride. The company's own number for that morning is in its confirmation.