Collateral Required to be Posted

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Collateral Required to be Received

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Interest-bearing, non-restricted cash to be posted or received as collateral to the extent the fuel derivative fair value payable to or receivable from an individual counterparty, respectively, exceeds the contractual threshold.

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The aggregate fair value of assets that are already posted, at the end of the reporting period, as collateral for derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4H

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The effective portion of gains and losses (net) on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments that was recognized in other comprehensive income during the current period.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4C

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56946850&loc=SL5624171-113959

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Fair Value Measurements, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Derivatives Qualifying and Designated as Hedging Instruments Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May. 31, 2015	May. 31, 2014	May. 31, 2015	May. 31, 2014	Nov. 30, 2014
Fuel
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Collateral posted	$ 11,000,000		$ 11,000,000
Collateral required to be received	0		0		$ 0
Collateral required to be posted					$ 0
Minimum
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative asset, cash collateral netting threshold, fair value	100,000,000		100,000,000
Designated as hedging instruments \| Net investment hedges
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Effective portions of derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive income	6,000,000	$ (1,000,000)	46,000,000	$ 0
Designated as hedging instruments \| Foreign currency zero cost collars
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Effective portions of derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive income	(10,000,000)	(3,000,000)	(48,000,000)	(6,000,000)
Designated as hedging instruments \| Interest Rate Swaps
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Effective portions of derivatives qualifying and designated as hedging instruments recognized in other comprehensive income	$ 5,000,000	$ (10,000,000)	$ 3,000,000	$ (14,000,000)