ORD ⇄ MDW
Bags cross the city while you do something better
Luggage moved between O'Hare and Midway — or to a regional field — on its own movement, so a long layover becomes an afternoon in Chicago.
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Part of Luggage & Custody · all services
What this service handles
A separately ticketed itinerary through Chicago is a common trap: you land at one airport, you fly out of the other, and the bags are yours to carry the whole way. The result is either a taxi with four suitcases or a day spent in a terminal.
Booking the bags as their own movement between the airports changes the shape of the day. The luggage is collected at the first airport, tagged and scanned, driven across, and delivered at the second — timed against the bag-drop cutoff rather than against the departure. The passenger goes into the city.
The same movement covers a bag going ahead to a regional field for a private departure, or coming back the other way after a charter arrival.
Typical movement
- Collection at the first airport Baggage claim or a curbside handoff
- Tagged and scanned Proof of pickup captured
- Cross-city movement ORD ⇄ MDW, or to a regional field
- Held if the window is early Bag drop does not open all day
- Delivery at the second airport Terminal or FBO, with proof
Who uses this service
- Long-layover passengers
- Separately ticketed itineraries
- Passengers rebooked out of the other airport
- Private aviation passengers connecting to a commercial flight
- Airlines and handlers during disruption
- Corporate travellers with a meeting between flights
How VaultPac coordinates it
Every booking is a trip. A trip carries trip services, and each service breaks into the individual movements that actually have to happen — which is why the people and the bags do not have to travel the same way.
- Trip
- Trip services
- Individual movements
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Luggage movement
Bags booked as their own movement, with their own route, their own timing and their own proof.
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QR custody scan
Every bag carries a tag. Each change of hands is scanned, so custody is a record rather than a recollection.
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Proof of pickup
Time, place and who released the item, captured at collection.
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Proof of delivery
Time, place and who received the item, captured at delivery.
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Secure storage between movements
Items can be held under custody between a pickup and a delivery, and released on a schedule rather than on arrival.
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Dispatch monitoring
Every movement on one board while it runs, so a late arrival is seen rather than reported.
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FBO coordination
Tail number, operator, FBO and arrival details captured on the movement so the vehicle meets the aircraft rather than the terminal.
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Oversized & special items
Golf bags, trade-show cases, strollers, production cases and similar items counted on the movement so the right vehicle is assigned.
What runs this movement
Assignment reads the passenger count and the bag count, so the vehicle that arrives fits both. Larger movements run several.
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Cargo vehicle
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Sprinter
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Passenger van
Why VaultPac for this
- Timed from the bag-drop cutoff at the departing airport, which is the deadline that decides the movement.
- The passenger's layover stops being a luggage problem.
- Works terminal-to-FBO as well as terminal-to-terminal.
- Scanned custody across a movement where bags are otherwise completely undocumented.
Questions
Will the airline release my checked bag for this?
On a separately ticketed itinerary you collect your own bags at the first airport, so there is nothing to release — you hand them to us. On a through-checked itinerary the bags stay with the carrier and this movement does not apply.
How early do the bags need to be at the second airport?
We work back from the bag-drop cutoff, and we will not schedule a delivery that arrives before the counter opens. If there is a gap, the bags are held rather than left.
Next step
Plan inter-airport luggage with us
Tell us the shape of the movement — dates, numbers, where it starts and where it has to end. We come back with an operating plan and a price, not a form letter.