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Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income.

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Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position.

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