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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,002us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 3,220us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Short-term investments 2,382us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments 1,901us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments
Total unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments 4,384us-gaap_CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestments 5,121us-gaap_CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestments
Restricted cash 44us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 31us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts (2014-$22; 2013-$13) 1,146us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent 1,503us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent
Fuel hedge collateral deposits 577us-gaap_CollateralAlreadyPostedAggregateFairValue  
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, less obsolescence allowance (2014-$169; 2013-$162) 666us-gaap_AirlineRelatedInventoryNet 667us-gaap_AirlineRelatedInventoryNet
Deferred income taxes 591us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent 676us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
Prepaid expenses and other 730us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 704us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 8,138us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 8,702us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Operating property and equipment: Owned-    
Flight equipment 21,107us-gaap_FlightEquipmentOwnedGross 18,786us-gaap_FlightEquipmentOwnedGross
Other property and equipment 4,016us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther 3,687us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther
Operating property and equipment - owned, gross 25,123us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedGross 22,473us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedGross
Less-Accumulated depreciation and amortization (7,079)us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedAccumulatedDepreciation (6,080)us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedAccumulatedDepreciation
Operating property and equipment - owned, net 18,044us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedNet 16,393us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedNet
Purchase deposits for flight equipment 706us-gaap_DepositsOnFlightEquipment 706us-gaap_DepositsOnFlightEquipment
Capital leases-    
Flight equipment 1,272us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassFlightEquipmentGross 1,490us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassFlightEquipmentGross
Other property and equipment 331us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipment 307us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Operating property and equipment - capital leases, gross 1,603us-gaap_CapitalLeasedAssetsGross 1,797us-gaap_CapitalLeasedAssetsGross
Less-Accumulated amortization (886)us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassAccumulatedDeprecation (849)us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassAccumulatedDeprecation
Operating property and equipment - capital leases, net 717us-gaap_CapitalLeasesBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassNet 948us-gaap_CapitalLeasesBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassNet
Total property, plant, and equipment, net 19,467us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 18,047us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Other assets:    
Goodwill 4,523us-gaap_Goodwill 4,523us-gaap_Goodwill
Intangibles, less accumulated amortization (2014-$1,049; 2013-$933) 4,284us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 4,436us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Restricted cash 276us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsNoncurrent 364us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsNoncurrent
Other, net 665us-gaap_OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent 740us-gaap_OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent
Other assets total 9,748us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 10,063us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total assets 37,353us-gaap_Assets 36,812us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:    
Advance ticket sales 3,701us-gaap_AirTrafficLiabilityCurrent 3,405us-gaap_AirTrafficLiabilityCurrent
Frequent flyer deferred revenue 2,058us-gaap_FrequentFlierLiabilityCurrent 2,369us-gaap_FrequentFlierLiabilityCurrent
Accounts payable 1,882us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 2,087us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued salaries and benefits 1,818us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent 1,696us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent
Current maturities of long-term debt 1,313us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent 1,368us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Current maturities of capital leases 110us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent [1] 117us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Fuel derivative instruments 694us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent  
Other 932us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndOtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 1,065us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndOtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities 12,508us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 12,107us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term debt 10,121us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 10,171us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Long-term obligations under capital leases 571us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent [1] 753us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent
Other liabilities and deferred credits:    
Frequent flyer deferred revenue 2,879us-gaap_FrequentFlierLiabilityNoncurrent 2,535us-gaap_FrequentFlierLiabilityNoncurrent
Postretirement benefit liability 1,933us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent 1,703us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Pension liability 2,226us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent 1,650us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Advanced purchase of miles 1,217ual_AdvancedPurchaseOfMiles 1,338ual_AdvancedPurchaseOfMiles
Deferred income taxes 1,591us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 1,662us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Lease fair value adjustment, net 466ual_LeaseFairValueAdjustmentNet 626ual_LeaseFairValueAdjustmentNet
Other 1,445us-gaap_OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent 1,283us-gaap_OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total Other liabilities and deferred credits 11,757us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 10,797us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Commitments and contingencies      
Stockholder's equity:    
Preferred stock      
Common stock 4us-gaap_CommonStockValue 4us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Additional capital invested 7,721us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 7,425us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Accumulated deficit (3,883)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit (5,015)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Stock held in treasury, at cost (367)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue (38)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (1,079)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax [2] 608us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax [2]
Total stockholders' equity 2,396us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 2,984us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit) 37,353us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity 36,812us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
United Airlines, Inc.    
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 1,996us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
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3,214us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
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Short-term investments 2,382us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments
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1,901us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments
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Total unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments 4,378us-gaap_CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestments
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5,115us-gaap_CashCashEquivalentsAndShortTermInvestments
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Restricted cash 44us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
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31us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
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Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts (2014-$22; 2013-$13) 1,146us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent
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1,503us-gaap_ReceivablesNetCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Fuel hedge collateral deposits 577us-gaap_CollateralAlreadyPostedAggregateFairValue
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
 
Aircraft fuel, spare parts and supplies, less obsolescence allowance (2014-$169; 2013-$162) 666us-gaap_AirlineRelatedInventoryNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
667us-gaap_AirlineRelatedInventoryNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Deferred income taxes 591us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
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674us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
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Prepaid expenses and other 779us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
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705us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
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Total current assets 8,181us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
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8,695us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
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Operating property and equipment: Owned-    
Flight equipment 21,107us-gaap_FlightEquipmentOwnedGross
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
18,786us-gaap_FlightEquipmentOwnedGross
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Other property and equipment 4,016us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
3,687us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Operating property and equipment - owned, gross 25,123us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedGross
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
22,473us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedGross
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Less-Accumulated depreciation and amortization (7,079)us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedAccumulatedDepreciation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
(6,080)us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedAccumulatedDepreciation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Operating property and equipment - owned, net 18,044us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
16,393us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOwnedNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Purchase deposits for flight equipment 706us-gaap_DepositsOnFlightEquipment
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
706us-gaap_DepositsOnFlightEquipment
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Capital leases-    
Flight equipment 1,272us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassFlightEquipmentGross
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
1,490us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassFlightEquipmentGross
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Other property and equipment 331us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
307us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassOtherPropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Operating property and equipment - capital leases, gross 1,603us-gaap_CapitalLeasedAssetsGross
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
1,797us-gaap_CapitalLeasedAssetsGross
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Less-Accumulated amortization (886)us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassAccumulatedDeprecation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
(849)us-gaap_CapitalLeasesLesseeBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassAccumulatedDeprecation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Operating property and equipment - capital leases, net 717us-gaap_CapitalLeasesBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
948us-gaap_CapitalLeasesBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Total property, plant, and equipment, net 19,467us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
18,047us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Other assets:    
Goodwill 4,523us-gaap_Goodwill
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4,523us-gaap_Goodwill
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Intangibles, less accumulated amortization (2014-$1,049; 2013-$933) 4,284us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
4,436us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Restricted cash 276us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
364us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Other, net 1,377us-gaap_OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
1,221us-gaap_OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Other assets total 10,460us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
10,544us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Total assets 38,108us-gaap_Assets
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
37,286us-gaap_Assets
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Current liabilities:    
Advance ticket sales 3,701us-gaap_AirTrafficLiabilityCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
3,405us-gaap_AirTrafficLiabilityCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Frequent flyer deferred revenue 2,058us-gaap_FrequentFlierLiabilityCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
2,369us-gaap_FrequentFlierLiabilityCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Accounts payable 1,886us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
2,092us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
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Accrued salaries and benefits 1,818us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
1,696us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent
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Current maturities of long-term debt 1,313us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
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1,368us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Current maturities of capital leases 110us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
117us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Fuel derivative instruments 694us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent
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Payables to related parties   114us-gaap_DueToAffiliateCurrent
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Other 933us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndOtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
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1,064us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndOtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Total current liabilities 12,513us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
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12,225us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Long-term debt 10,120us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
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10,020us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
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Long-term obligations under capital leases 571us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent
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753us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent
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Other liabilities and deferred credits:    
Frequent flyer deferred revenue 2,879us-gaap_FrequentFlierLiabilityNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
2,535us-gaap_FrequentFlierLiabilityNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Postretirement benefit liability 1,933us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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1,703us-gaap_OtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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Pension liability 2,226us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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1,650us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Advanced purchase of miles 1,217ual_AdvancedPurchaseOfMiles
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
1,338ual_AdvancedPurchaseOfMiles
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Deferred income taxes 1,591us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
1,661us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Lease fair value adjustment, net 466ual_LeaseFairValueAdjustmentNet
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626ual_LeaseFairValueAdjustmentNet
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Other 1,957us-gaap_OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
1,552us-gaap_OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Total Other liabilities and deferred credits 12,269us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
11,065us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Commitments and contingencies      
Stockholder's equity:    
Additional capital invested 7,347us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
7,590us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
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Accumulated deficit (3,628)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
(4,743)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (1,079)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
608us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Receivable from related parties (5)us-gaap_ReceivableFromShareholdersOrAffiliatesForIssuanceOfCapitalStock
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(232)us-gaap_ReceivableFromShareholdersOrAffiliatesForIssuanceOfCapitalStock
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Total stockholders' equity 2,635us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
3,223us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
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= ual_UnitedAirLinesIncMember
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit) $ 38,108us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
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$ 37,286us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
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[1] As of December 31, 2014, United's aircraft capital lease minimum payments relate to leases of 37 mainline and 38 regional aircraft as well as to leases of nonaircraft assets. Imputed interest rate ranges are 3.5% to 18.3%.
[2] UAL and United amounts are substantially the same except for an additional $6 million of income tax benefit at United in 2013. In addition, United had additional gains related to investments and other of $1 million in both 2012 and 2013.