Denver International Airport does not let prearranged car services wait at the curb, so the meeting point is fixed, and it is not where the taxis or the rideshare cars line up. If you have booked a chauffeur with Summit Black Car for the drive to Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek or Aspen, this is the walk from your gate to the vehicle, door by door, plus what happens when a flight runs early or late.
The short version
- Collect your bags at baggage claim in Jeppesen Terminal.
- Exit through Door 511 on the east side or Door 506 on the west side.
- Cross to Island 2, the island signed LIMO.
- Text us when you have your bags. The vehicle is released from the holding lot and arrives within a few minutes.
Everything below is the longer explanation of those four lines.
Step 1: Gate to baggage claim
Whichever concourse you land on, follow the signs for baggage claim. All arriving passengers end up in Jeppesen Terminal, and baggage claim is on Level 5. Level 5 is also the level where prearranged car service pickups happen, so once you have your bags you do not need to change floors, take an elevator, or ride a shuttle. The whole meeting point is a short walk from the carousel.
If you checked skis or a snowboard bag, they may come out at a separate oversize area rather than on the carousel with the suitcases. Allow a few extra minutes for that before you head for the doors.
Step 2: East side or west side
Jeppesen Terminal has an east side and a west side, and there are baggage carousels on both. Which side you leave from depends on which carousel your airline uses, so look at the door numbers nearest your carousel rather than walking to a particular side of the building.
The doors that line up with the car service island are:
- East side: Doors 505 to 507 and Doors 511 to 513.
- West side: Doors 504 to 506 and Doors 510 to 512.
The simplest instruction we give every guest is this: exit Door 511 if you are on the east side, or Door 506 if you are on the west side. Both put you directly across from Island 2. Once you step outside, look for the island signed LIMO, cross from the terminal curb to that island, and wait there. Level 5 has several islands; Island 2 is the one for prearranged cars, so do not wait at the taxi or rideshare areas, and do not wait at the terminal curb itself.
Step 3: Text us when you have your bags
DIA does not allow chauffeurs to idle at the Island 2 curb, so your vehicle waits in a holding lot nearby until you are ready. When you check in with us or send a text, the vehicle is released and arrives at Island 2 within a few minutes.
The best moment to text is when your bags are in hand and you are walking toward the doors. That way you and the vehicle reach Island 2 at about the same time and nobody stands in the wind. If you text from the gate before your bags have come out, the vehicle may have to circle, and if you wait until you are already standing on the island you will simply wait a few minutes longer. Neither is a problem; it is just a matter of comfort.
We track every flight, so we already know when you have landed. The text is the signal that you are ready, not the signal that you have arrived.
Inside meet on request
If you would rather not find the doors yourself, we can meet you inside the terminal at baggage claim. Tell us at booking and the chauffeur will be waiting by your carousel, help with the luggage, and walk you out to the vehicle. Guests who ask for this most often are families traveling with children and ski gear, first-time visitors to Denver, older travelers, and corporate guests who want the arrival handled for them. There is no separate procedure on your end; the chauffeur simply comes to you.
If your flight is early, late or changed
Flight tracking is on every airport pickup, and the chauffeur adjusts to what the flight actually does. You do not need to call when a flight is delayed. If you land early, the same applies: text when you have your bags and the vehicle comes out of the holding lot.
Two situations do need a quick call to 970-485-3494:
- You have been rebooked onto a different flight. Tracking follows the flight number we have on file, so give us the new one.
- You missed a connection and no longer know when you will arrive. Let us know as soon as you have a new plan and we will reset the pickup.
Denver weather is a factor here, especially on winter afternoons. A flight can hold on the ramp or arrive an hour late while the mountain road ahead is still fine, or the reverse can be true. Because the chauffeur is watching both the flight and the road, the pickup time moves with the flight, and the drive plan moves with the conditions.
What to tell us before you land
The right vehicle depends on your party, so give us four details when you book: how many passengers, how many bags, whether you have skis or snowboards, and whether you need child seats.
- The 2025 Cadillac Escalade and 2026 Chevrolet Suburban carry up to five passengers with luggage and rooftop ski carriers.
- The 2025 Mercedes-Benz Executive Sprinter carries up to 13 and the 2025 Ford Transit up to 14, with skis and boards inside the vehicle.
- The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is available by request.
Every vehicle is AWD or 4WD on winter tires, with Wi-Fi and bottled water. The chauffeur loads the luggage at Island 2 so you do not have to.
From Island 2 to the mountains
Once you are loaded, the route west is I-70: Floyd Hill, Idaho Springs, Georgetown, and the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel under the Continental Divide. From there the roads split by destination.
- Breckenridge: about 104 miles, about 1 hour 50 minutes in normal conditions, 2 hours 15 minutes to 3 hours in winter or holiday traffic. Frisco exit 203, then Highway 9 south.
- Keystone: about 96 miles, about 1 hour 40 minutes, via Silverthorne exit 205 and US-6.
- Copper Mountain: about 100 miles, about 1 hour 50 minutes, right off I-70 at exit 195.
- Vail: about 120 miles, about 2 hours, 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes in winter, over Vail Pass.
- Beaver Creek: about 130 miles, about 2 hours 15 minutes, to the Avon exit 167.
- Aspen and Snowmass Village: about 220 miles, about 4 hours, 4 hours 30 minutes to 5 hours 30 minutes in winter, through Glenwood Canyon and up Highway 82.
The Colorado Traction Law applies to this corridor from September 1 to May 31 every year, and our SUVs and Sprinters meet it every day of the season. If the tunnel or Vail Pass closes while you are in the air, the chauffeur knows before you land and will explain the plan at the island.
Private aviation is a different meeting point
If you are arriving by private aircraft rather than an airline, none of the above applies. Flights into the FBO at DIA (Signature), Centennial (APA) or Rocky Mountain Metropolitan (BJC) are met at the FBO itself. See the private jet and FBO page linked below for how those pickups work.
