# Deadhead miles

A term used when buying limousine service.

Miles run empty to reach a pickup or return from a drop, paid for by nobody.

They are the reason two operators with the same rate card earn different margins. A book concentrated around one airport or one corporate campus runs less of them than a book scattered across a metro, and the vehicle cost per revenue hour follows directly. Ask for total fleet miles against billed miles instead of for a utilization percentage, because the percentage is usually computed on hours and hides the empty running entirely.

Part of: Buying a Limousine Service (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-limousine-service)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-limousine-service/terms/deadhead-miles
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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