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Acquisition - Purchase Price Allocations of Intangible Assets (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Comdata Inc. [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Intangible assets $ 1,630,700us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_ComdataIncMember
 
Comdata Inc. [Member] | Trade Names And Trademarks Indefinite Lived [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Intangible assets 237,100us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_ComdataIncMember
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= flt_TradeNamesAndTrademarksIndefiniteLivedMember
 
Other Acquisitions [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Intangible assets 47,992us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_OtherAcquisitionsMember
 
Other Acquisitions [Member] | Trade Names And Trademarks Indefinite Lived [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Intangible assets 2,900us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_OtherAcquisitionsMember
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= flt_TradeNamesAndTrademarksIndefiniteLivedMember
 
Customer Relationships [Member] | Comdata Inc. [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Useful Lives (in Years) 19 years  
Intangible assets 1,269,700us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_ComdataIncMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
 
Customer Relationships [Member] | Other Acquisitions [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Useful Lives (in Years) 8 years  
Intangible assets 15,592us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_OtherAcquisitionsMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
 
Software [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Useful Lives (in Years)   5 years 1 month 6 days
Software [Member] | Comdata Inc. [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Intangible assets 123,300us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_ComdataIncMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_ComputerSoftwareIntangibleAssetMember
 
Software [Member] | Comdata Inc. [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Useful Lives (in Years) 4 years  
Software [Member] | Comdata Inc. [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Useful Lives (in Years) 7 years  
Non-compete [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Useful Lives (in Years)   5 years 6 months
Non-compete [Member] | Comdata Inc. [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Useful Lives (in Years) 3 years  
Intangible assets 600us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_ComdataIncMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
 
Franchisee Agreement [Member] | Other Acquisitions [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Useful Lives (in Years) 20 years  
Intangible assets $ 29,500us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= flt_OtherAcquisitionsMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= flt_FranchiseeAgreementMember