The rise of the credit card airport lounge
May 20, 2025
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We are back to answer your questions, listeners. Today on the show, we tackle three big questions: Are airport lounges worth it for credit card companies? How effective have carbon taxes been for Canada? Why is gasoline getting more expensive over the last few months as the price of crude oil has sunk? <br /><br />If you want to submit your OWN question to be considered in a future episode, send us a message at <a href="mailto:indicator@npr.org" target="_blank">indicator@npr.org</a>. <br /><br /><strong>Related episodes:<br /></strong>Can cap and trade work in the US? (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?i=1000672428889" target="_blank">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/10Bq7r3ceyTZ0nxjqcNccN?si=ad4a170cc78a480b" target="_blank">Spotify</a>) <br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/03/15/593269793/a-quick-history-of-slow-credit-cards" target="_blank">A Quick History Of Slow Credit Cards</a> <br />Breaking down the price of gasoline (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?i=1000691596639" target="_blank">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6p0NC8A87p1nHyQ1Gn26hn?si=5bfeeb5586394466" target="_blank">Spotify</a>) <br /><br /><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/" target="_blank"><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>. </em><br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
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