Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Statements - Consolidating Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Operating activities of continuing operations
Net (loss) income	$ (189)	$ (236)	$ 172
Loss (income) from discontinued operations (including gain from disposal), net of tax	(4)	(7)	(306)
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	(193)	(243)	(134)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations:
Depreciation and amortization	206	227	227
Amortization of customer loyalty payments	63	62	74
Amortization of debt finance costs	24	37	23
Non-cash accrual of repayment fee and amortization of debt discount	7
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt	49	(6)
Payment-in-kind interest	22	14	3
Gain on interest rate derivative instruments	(3)	(1)	(22)
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange derivative instruments	1		(1)
Equity in (earnings) losses of investment in Orbitz Worldwide	(10)	74	18
Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries
Equity-based compensation	6	2	5
Deferred income taxes	(1)	4	3
Customer loyalty payments	(78)	(47)	(65)
Defined benefit pension plan funding	(3)	(27)	(17)
FASA liability		(7)	(16)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(27)	22	(20)
Other current assets	5	(3)	4
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	5	37	9
Other	27	36	33
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	100	181	124
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations			(12)
Investing activities
Property and equipment additions	(107)	(92)	(77)
Proceeds from sale of assets held for sale	17
Proceeds from sale of GTA business, net of cash disposed of $7 million			628
Other	(6)	3	5
Net intercompany funding
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(96)	(89)	556
Financing activities
Proceeds from new term loans	2,169	170
Proceeds from revolver borrowings	73	80	35
Repayment of term loans	(1,667)	(165)	(658)
Repayment of revolver borrowings	(93)	(95)
Repurchase of Senior Notes	(413)	(20)
Repayment of capital lease obligations	(20)	(16)	(14)
Debt finance costs	(55)	(20)	(100)
Release of cash provided as collateral	137
Cash provided as collateral	(79)
Payments on settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts	(8)	(51)
Proceeds from settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts	4	9	34
Distribution to a parent company	(6)		(89)
Other	(2)	2	1
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	40	(106)	(791)
Effects of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents			5
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	44	(14)	(118)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	110	124	242
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	154	110	124
Parent Guarantor [Member]
Operating activities of continuing operations
Net (loss) income	(192)	(236)	175
Loss (income) from discontinued operations (including gain from disposal), net of tax			14
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	(192)	(236)	189
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations:
Depreciation and amortization
Amortization of customer loyalty payments
Amortization of debt finance costs
Non-cash accrual of repayment fee and amortization of debt discount
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt
Payment-in-kind interest
Gain on interest rate derivative instruments
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange derivative instruments
Equity in (earnings) losses of investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries	168	203	(203)
Equity-based compensation	6	2	5
Deferred income taxes
Customer loyalty payments
Defined benefit pension plan funding
FASA liability
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
Other current assets
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Other
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	(18)	(31)	(9)
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations
Investing activities
Property and equipment additions
Proceeds from sale of GTA business, net of cash disposed of $7 million			(10)
Other
Net intercompany funding	25	29	111
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	25	29	101
Financing activities
Proceeds from new term loans
Proceeds from revolver borrowings
Repayment of term loans
Repayment of revolver borrowings
Repurchase of Senior Notes
Repayment of capital lease obligations
Debt finance costs
Release of cash provided as collateral
Cash provided as collateral
Payments on settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Proceeds from settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Distribution to a parent company	(6)		(89)
Other	(1)	2	(3)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(7)	2	(92)
Effects of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Intermediate Parent Guarantor [Member]
Operating activities of continuing operations
Net (loss) income	(349)	(390)	(271)
Loss (income) from discontinued operations (including gain from disposal), net of tax
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	(349)	(390)	(271)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations:
Depreciation and amortization
Amortization of customer loyalty payments
Amortization of debt finance costs
Non-cash accrual of repayment fee and amortization of debt discount
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt
Payment-in-kind interest
Gain on interest rate derivative instruments
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange derivative instruments
Equity in (earnings) losses of investment in Orbitz Worldwide	(10)	74	18
Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries	359	316	252
Equity-based compensation
Deferred income taxes
Customer loyalty payments
Defined benefit pension plan funding
FASA liability
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
Other current assets
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Other
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations			(1)
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations
Investing activities
Property and equipment additions
Proceeds from sale of assets held for sale
Proceeds from sale of GTA business, net of cash disposed of $7 million
Other
Net intercompany funding			1
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities			1
Financing activities
Proceeds from new term loans
Proceeds from revolver borrowings
Repayment of term loans
Repayment of revolver borrowings
Repurchase of Senior Notes
Repayment of capital lease obligations
Debt finance costs
Release of cash provided as collateral
Cash provided as collateral
Payments on settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Proceeds from settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Distribution to a parent company
Other
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Effects of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Issuer [Member]
Operating activities of continuing operations
Net (loss) income	(359)	(316)	(252)
Loss (income) from discontinued operations (including gain from disposal), net of tax			4
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	(359)	(316)	(248)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations:
Depreciation and amortization
Amortization of customer loyalty payments
Amortization of debt finance costs	24	37	23
Non-cash accrual of repayment fee and amortization of debt discount	7
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt	49	(6)
Payment-in-kind interest	22	14	3
Gain on interest rate derivative instruments	(3)	(1)	(22)
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange derivative instruments	1		(1)
Equity in (earnings) losses of investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries	(32)	31	(26)
Equity-based compensation
Deferred income taxes
Customer loyalty payments
Defined benefit pension plan funding
FASA liability
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
Other current assets	3
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	(6)	39
Other	6		8
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	(288)	(202)	(263)
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations
Investing activities
Property and equipment additions
Proceeds from sale of assets held for sale
Proceeds from sale of GTA business, net of cash disposed of $7 million			14
Other
Net intercompany funding	212	270	995
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	212	270	1,009
Financing activities
Proceeds from new term loans	2,169	170
Proceeds from revolver borrowings	73	80	35
Repayment of term loans	(1,667)	(165)	(658)
Repayment of revolver borrowings	(93)	(95)
Repurchase of Senior Notes	(413)	(20)
Repayment of capital lease obligations
Debt finance costs	(55)	(20)	(100)
Release of cash provided as collateral	137
Cash provided as collateral	(79)
Payments on settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts	(8)	(51)
Proceeds from settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts	4	9	34
Distribution to a parent company
Other
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	68	(92)	(689)
Effects of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(8)	(24)	57
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	33	57
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	25	33	57
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Operating activities of continuing operations
Net (loss) income	32	(31)	26
Loss (income) from discontinued operations (including gain from disposal), net of tax			18
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	32	(31)	44
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations:
Depreciation and amortization	196	216	210
Amortization of customer loyalty payments	19	11	26
Amortization of debt finance costs
Non-cash accrual of repayment fee and amortization of debt discount
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt
Payment-in-kind interest
Gain on interest rate derivative instruments
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange derivative instruments
Equity in (earnings) losses of investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries
Equity-based compensation
Deferred income taxes	(4)	3	3
Customer loyalty payments	(35)	(11)	(14)
Defined benefit pension plan funding	(3)	(27)	(17)
FASA liability		(7)	(16)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(6)	21	(15)
Other current assets	7	(2)	3
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	2	(46)	(11)
Other	7	(19)	12
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	215	108	225
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations
Investing activities
Property and equipment additions	(102)	(92)	(72)
Proceeds from sale of assets held for sale	17
Proceeds from sale of GTA business, net of cash disposed of $7 million
Other	(6)
Net intercompany funding	(72)	(8)	(149)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(163)	(100)	(221)
Financing activities
Proceeds from new term loans
Proceeds from revolver borrowings
Repayment of term loans
Repayment of revolver borrowings
Repurchase of Senior Notes
Repayment of capital lease obligations	(20)	(16)	(14)
Debt finance costs
Release of cash provided as collateral
Cash provided as collateral
Payments on settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Proceeds from settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Distribution to a parent company
Other
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(20)	(16)	(14)
Effects of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	32	(8)	(10)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	19	27	37
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	51	19	27
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Operating activities of continuing operations
Net (loss) income	184	187	471
Loss (income) from discontinued operations (including gain from disposal), net of tax	(4)	(7)	(342)
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	180	180	129
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations:
Depreciation and amortization	10	11	17
Amortization of customer loyalty payments	44	51	48
Amortization of debt finance costs
Non-cash accrual of repayment fee and amortization of debt discount
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt
Payment-in-kind interest
Gain on interest rate derivative instruments
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange derivative instruments
Equity in (earnings) losses of investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries
Equity-based compensation
Deferred income taxes	3	1
Customer loyalty payments	(43)	(36)	(51)
Defined benefit pension plan funding
FASA liability
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(21)	1	(5)
Other current assets	(5)	(1)	1
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	9	44	20
Other	14	55	13
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	191	306	172
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations			(12)
Investing activities
Property and equipment additions	(5)		(5)
Proceeds from sale of assets held for sale
Proceeds from sale of GTA business, net of cash disposed of $7 million			624
Other		3	5
Net intercompany funding	(165)	(291)	(958)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(170)	(288)	(334)
Financing activities
Proceeds from new term loans
Proceeds from revolver borrowings
Repayment of term loans
Repayment of revolver borrowings
Repurchase of Senior Notes
Repayment of capital lease obligations
Debt finance costs
Release of cash provided as collateral
Cash provided as collateral
Payments on settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Proceeds from settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Distribution to a parent company
Other	(1)		4
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(1)		4
Effects of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents			5
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	20	18	(165)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	58	40	205
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	78	58	40
Eliminations [Member]
Operating activities of continuing operations
Net (loss) income	495	550	23
Loss (income) from discontinued operations (including gain from disposal), net of tax
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	495	550	23
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations:
Depreciation and amortization
Amortization of customer loyalty payments
Amortization of debt finance costs
Non-cash accrual of repayment fee and amortization of debt discount
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt
Payment-in-kind interest
Gain on interest rate derivative instruments
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange derivative instruments
Equity in (earnings) losses of investment in Orbitz Worldwide
Equity in (earnings) losses of subsidiaries	(495)	(550)	(23)
Equity-based compensation
Deferred income taxes
Customer loyalty payments
Defined benefit pension plan funding
FASA liability
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
Other current assets
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Other
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations
Investing activities
Property and equipment additions
Proceeds from sale of assets held for sale
Proceeds from sale of GTA business, net of cash disposed of $7 million
Other
Net intercompany funding
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
Financing activities
Proceeds from new term loans
Proceeds from revolver borrowings
Repayment of term loans
Repayment of revolver borrowings
Repurchase of Senior Notes
Repayment of capital lease obligations
Debt finance costs
Release of cash provided as collateral
Cash provided as collateral
Payments on settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Proceeds from settlement of foreign exchange derivative contracts
Distribution to a parent company
Other
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Effects of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year