BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details)	3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment, Description	In the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company has reclassified $20 million and $46 million, respectively, from Other revenues to Passenger revenues associated with its sale of frequent flyer benefits from its co-branded Chase® Visa credit card.

Disclosure of accounting policy for reclassifications that affects the comparability of the financial statements.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6359566&loc=d3e326-107755

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