Empty legs
An empty leg is a repositioning flight an operator sells at a discount because the aircraft has to fly anyway. If your dates are flexible, empty legs from Chicago can be one of the cheapest ways to fly private, often 25 to 75 percent below a standard charter.
Chicago is the main Midwest business hub, so empty legs from Chicago most often run east to New York, down to Florida (Miami and Palm Beach), west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and up to the mountains in ski season.
An empty leg follows the operator’s schedule, not yours. The date, time and route are largely fixed, it is almost always one way, and it can be cancelled if the original trip that created it changes. For a flexible traveller that is a fair trade for the saving. For a fixed, must-happen trip, keep a backup.
Empty legs appear and disappear fast, often only days before departure. The reliable way to catch a good one is to tell us your rough plans and let us watch operator repositioning out of Chicago directly, then quote you the operator’s real price with one flat fee and no markup. If a genuine empty leg fits, you keep the full saving.
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