Revenue - Passenger Revenue Breakout (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Operating Revenue	$ 4,234	$ 5,149
Passenger Revenue Non Loyalty
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Operating Revenue	3,220	4,043
Passenger Loyalty Air Transportation
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Operating Revenue	461	535
Passenger Ancillary Sold Separately
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Operating Revenue	164	167
Passenger
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Operating Revenue	$ 3,845	$ 4,745

Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130543-203045

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130545-203045

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