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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Lease's Statement of Financial Position | The following table provides information on the components of our operating and finance leases included in our consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31:
Leases |  | Location on Statement of Financial Position |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Assets |  |  |  | (in millions)
ROU operating lease assets |  | Operating lease assets, net |  | $ | 552 |  |  | $ | 611 |
ROU finance lease assets |  | Property and equipment, net |  | 14 |  |  | 12 |
|  | Total |  | $ | 566 |  |  | $ | 623 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease |  | Operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 152 |  |  | $ | 153 |
Finance lease |  | Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |  | 8 |  |  | 8 |
Noncurrent |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease |  | Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent |  | 420 |  |  | 523 |
Finance lease |  | Other noncurrent liabilities |  | 15 |  |  | 16 |
|  | Total |  | $ | 595 |  |  | $ | 700 |
Schedule of Cash Flow and Other Information | The following table provides information on the weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for our operating leases as of December 31:
Operating Lease Term and Discount Rate |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Weighted average remaining lease term |  | 5.3 years |  | 5.6 years
Weighted average discount rate |  | 5.5 | % |  | 5.4 | %
The following table provides supplemental cash flow and non-cash information related to our operating leases for the years ended December 31:
(in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities | $ | 251 |  |  | $ | 240 |  |  | $ | 241 |
ROU assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | 123 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 164 |
Reduction of ROU assets and lease liabilities as a result of our NextGen program | (62) |  |  | (110) |  |  | — |
Schedule of Future Minimum Payments | The following table provides the schedule of maturities of our operating lease liabilities and a reconciliation of the undiscounted cash flows to the operating lease liabilities recognized in the statement of financial position as of December 31:
(in millions) |  | 2024
2025 |  | $ | 179 |
2026 |  | 138 |
2027 |  | 110 |
2028 |  | 84 |
2029 |  | 50 |
Thereafter |  | 98 |
Total operating lease payments |  | 659 |
Interest |  | (87) |
Total operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 572 |

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