Sedan seats three, SUV seats six: reserve private sedan and SUV airport transfers to MCI

Sedan for one, two or three passengers

The sedan is the smaller of the two cars, with seats for up to three passengers and a trunk for the bags. It suits a couple with checked bags, a parent with one child, or one person heading out for a work week with a carry-on and a garment bag. Children count as passengers, so a family of four needs the SUV even when the children are small.

What fits in the trunk depends on the size of the bags more than on their number, and the company that takes the ride knows its own car. Use the note on the request: write how many bags you carry and how big they are, and mention anything long or awkward, such as a folded stroller, a large instrument case or a long box. When you are unsure, describe the load and let the company judge. Nothing is fixed until you say yes to the written fare.

Choosing the SUV and writing the note

The SUV seats up to six passengers. Six people fill every seat, and a smaller party leaves room for more bags. Each place prints two from figures, one per car. From Downtown, for example, the sedan starts from $125 and the SUV from $150 each way, for the whole car.

Both figures for every place stand on the page of airport transfer rates to MCI per car, so you can weigh the difference before you choose. A few lines in the note spare the company from guessing, and they decide which car is right. Before you send the request, write down:

• how many passengers, children included
• how many checked bags and carry-ons
• anything long or bulky, like a stroller, an instrument case or a large box
• child seats you need, or a seat of your own you will bring
• your flight number, so the company can follow the landing

Child seats, from the company or your own

A child seat can reach the car in one of two ways. The first is to ask for it on the request: say how many seats you need and which kind: rear-facing, forward-facing or booster. The company that takes the ride says whether it can bring them. If it charges for a seat, that charge stands as its own line in the written fare, so you see it before you say yes.

The second way is to bring your own seat from home. Say so in the note and count it with the bags, since the seat goes with you through the airport and back. Either way, count every child as a passenger when you choose between the sedan and the SUV, and reserve the larger car if the numbers come out close.

Ramp or lift, and a service animal

If someone in your party needs a vehicle with a ramp or a lift, tick that box on the request. The company confirms in writing whether it has such a vehicle for your date and pickup time, and you read that answer before you say yes to anything. The box is all the form needs: it asks nothing about anyone's health.

A service animal rides inside the car with you. Write it in the note in a few words, so the company knows ahead of the pickup and plans the space with the passengers and the bags in mind. Nothing more is asked about the animal or about you.

Only your party rides in the car

Every ride the office passes on is private. The car carries you and the people on your request, and no other passengers are added along the way. It goes from your address straight to the departures curb on the upper level at MCI, or from the airport back to your door. If you want a second stop, ask for it; it appears as its own line in the written fare.

On the ride home, the company can follow the flight number you gave, and your written fare names how long the driver waits after your flight lands and what waiting past that costs. If you ticked the call and text box, the company texts you when the car is at the curb; without the tick, that message comes by email, and only the driver uses your number, on the day of the ride. The page on airport pickup at the arrivals curb at MCI shows the walk from baggage claim to the posts where the car meets you. Your reservation is made when the company sends its written confirmation of the pickup time.