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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Notes)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]  
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Note [Text Block]
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The following tables show the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss:
(in millions)
Pension and Other Benefits Liabilities
Derivative Contracts
Investments
Total(1)
Balance at December 31, 2013
$
(5,323
)
$
219

$
(26
)
$
(5,130
)
Changes in value (net of tax effect of $20)
—

33

4

37

Reclassifications into earnings (net of tax effect of $4)(2)
48

(55
)
—

(7
)
Balance at September 30, 2014
$
(5,275
)
$
197

$
(22
)
$
(5,100
)

  
(in millions)
Pension and Other Benefits Liabilities
Derivative Contracts(3)
Investments
Total
Balance at December 31, 2012
$
(8,304
)
$
(263
)
$
(10
)
$
(8,577
)
Changes in value (net of tax effect of $0)
—

194

(9
)
185

Reclassifications into earnings (net of tax effect of $0)(2)
168

(100
)
—

68

Balance at September 30, 2013
$
(8,136
)
$
(169
)
$
(19
)
(8,324
)


(1) 
Includes $1.9 billion of deferred income tax expense, primarily related to pension obligations, that will not be recognized in net income until the pension obligations are fully extinguished, which is not expected to occur for at least 25 years.
(2) 
Amounts reclassified from AOCI for pension and other benefits liabilities are recorded in salaries and related costs in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Amounts reclassified from AOCI for derivative contracts designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges and interest rate cash flow hedges are recorded in passenger revenue and interest expense, net, respectively, in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Amounts reclassified from AOCI for investments are recorded in interest income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.
(3) 
Includes $321 million of deferred income tax expense that remained in AOCI until December 2013 when all amounts in AOCI that related to derivative contracts designated as fuel cash flow hedges were recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income.