326 - Guest Co-Host Henry Harteveldt, Guest: Chris Sununu, CEO, Airlines for America

About this episode

The episode features discussions on the airline industry with guest Chris Sununu and co-host Henry Harteveldt, covering bankruptcy, credit card rewards, and labor issues.

This week: Guest Co-Host: Henry Harteveldt, Guest: Chris Sununu, CEO, Airlines for America. Also: Spirit announces plan to emerge from bankruptcy; Dealing with the Nor'easter and DHS funding issues; United announces lower redemption costs for co-branded credit cardholders; Listener input on the suspension of the Trusted Traveler Program, and the labor situation at American.

People in this episode

Host: Scott McCartney

Guests: Henry Harteveldt, Chris Sununu

Topics covered

• bankruptcy
• travel industry
• credit card rewards
• Trusted Traveler Program
• labor issues

Keywords

• airlines
• bankruptcy
• credit card
• travel
• labor
• DHS
• Trusted Traveler

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Airlines for America, Spirit, United, American, DHS

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