Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	May 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013 9 7/8% Dollar denominated notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 9% Dollar denominated notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 13.875% Senior Fixed Rate Notes Due March 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Fixed Rate Notes Due March 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 New Senior Floating Rate Notes Due March 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Tranche A Loans [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 11 7/8 Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Tranche B Loans [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Letter of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Letter of Credit [Member] Orbitz Worldwide [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Tranche II Second Priority Secured Loans [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Tranche II Second Priority Secured Loans [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Old Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Cash Collateral Letter of Credit Facility Due June 2018 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Tranche I Second Priority Secured Loans [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 2012 Secured Credit Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Super Priority Revolving Credit Facility Due June 2018 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Euro Denominated Long-Term Debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Term loans [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Term loans [Member] Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member] Dollar denominated maturing on June 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Term loans [Member] Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member] Dollar denominated maturing on June 2019 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Second Priority Secured Notes [Member] Senior Notes [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on notes						9.875%	9.00%					11.875%							8.375%
Term loan aggregate principal amount								$ 406		$ 185		$ 25
New senior fixed rate notes due 2016									13.875%
Pay in kind interest on second priority secured loans								2.50%		2.50%									4.375%
Debt instrument cash interest rate								11.375%
Mark up on LIBOR										6.125%													8.00%		4.25%			5.00%
New term loan facility																							630					1,554
Percentage of discount on term loan																							1.00%					1.50%
Repayment of term loan														393										175			4
Debt instrument LIBOR floor rate																							1.50%		1.25%			1.25%
Further borrowings to redeem the senior notes					15
Percentage of repayment fee accreted as interest expense																							2.00%
Amount of interest expense accreted into the outstanding loan																							2
Credit agreement date																								May 08, 2012
Cash interest																			4.00%
Percentage of equity outstanding of Travelport Worldwide Limited											43.30%		34.60%
Ownership percentage of Travelport Worldwide Limited	100.00%		100.00%
Senior secured credit agreement amended date															Jun. 30, 2013
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity																	133	75				137			120
First lien leverage ratio																													3.1
Repayment percentage of original funded principal amount of the term loans																											1.00%
Term loans principal amount																											1,554
Discount amortized on repayment																											2
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt		5	(49)	6
Unamortized debt finance costs written-off			39
Unamortized debt discount written-off			5
Repayment penalty on term loans			5																					5
Remaining capacity under revolving credit facility																120
Proceeds from revolver borrowings			53	60												53
Repayment under revolving credit facility			73	60												73
Terminated letter of credit facility	13		13
Cash collateralized letter of credit facility																					137
Terms of cash collateral																						The terms under the new letter of credit facility provide that a 103% of cash collateral has to be maintained for outstanding letters of credit.
Cash collateral percent of letters of credit																						103.00%
Letter of credit facility outstanding amount																						62
Cash collateral facility																						64
Remaining capacity under letter of credit facility																						75
Credit facility expiration date																						Jun. 01, 2018
Capitalized payment-in-kind interest																														6
Repayment of capital lease obligations			14	13
Payment-in-kind interest accrued																				10
New capital lease obligations			10
Termination of capital lease obligations			1
Increase in long term debt due to foreign exchange fluctuations																										6
Debt finance costs incurred			$ 21