Financial Instruments - Fair Values of Company's Other Financial Instruments (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide, Carrying Amount	$ 15
Total debt, Carrying Amount	(3,543)	(3,430)
Derivative assets, Fair Value	16	15
Derivative liabilities, Fair Value	(1)	(4)
Fair Value Hierarchy, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Investment in Orbitz Worldwide, Carrying Amount	15
Fair market value of investment in Orbitz Worldwide	469	133
Fair Value Hierarchy, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Derivative assets, Carrying Amount	16	15
Derivative liabilities, Carrying Amount	(1)	(4)
Total debt, Carrying Amount	(3,543)	(3,430)
Derivative assets, Fair Value	16	15
Derivative liabilities, Fair Value	(1)	(4)
Total debt, Fair Value	$ (3,614)	$ (2,899)

Derivative assets carrying value.

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- Definition

Derivative liability carrying value.

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- Definition

Carrying amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper.

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Fair value before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 20

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Fair value before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset.

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This item represents the aggregate value of each identified investment accounted for under the equity method of accounting based on the quoted market price for those investments in common stock for which a quoted market price is available.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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