Anticipated Jet Fuel Consumption Protected By Hedges, Percentage

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Anticipated Jet Fuel Consumption Protected By Hedges, Volume

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The average cap rate on a group of price risk derivatives such as caps or collars. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate exceeds the cap rate on the contract.

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The number of derivative instruments of a particular group held by the entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1A

-Subparagraph (d)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5579245-113959

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Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Narrative (Details)	Jun. 30, 2014 gal	Jun. 30, 2014 Fuel [Member] Options Held [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Fuel [Member] Future [Member] hedge_contract
Derivative [Line Items]
Anticipated jet fuel consumption protected by hedges (in gallons)	52,500,000
Anticipated jet fuel consumption protected by hedges (as a percent)	50.10%
Derivative contract, weighted average ceiling price (in USD per gallon)		3.25
Number of derivative contracts			0