Pete Buttigieg on Fee-Free Family Airline Travel: 'I Do Know What It's Like to Fly with Little Kids' On Thursday, the Department of Transportation unveiled a rule banning airlines from charging ...

Pete Buttigieg — once mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and later Secretary of Transportation — is making history, and not just ...

Buttigieg wrote to the CEOs of Delta, Southwest, American Airlines and United Airlines in September, asking each for a report on policies, fees and other features of their loyalty programs.

The Department of Transportation is making four major U.S. carriers hand over details about their rewards programs in order to ensure they aren't deceptive or anti-competitive.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday announced the launch of wide ranging probe into the "fairness and transparency" of the four biggest U.S. airlines' frequent flyer rewards programs.