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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS The following tables show the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss:
(in millions) | Pension and Other Benefit Liabilities(3) | Derivative Contracts and Other | Available-for-Sale Investments | Total
Balance at January 1, 2019 (net of tax effect of $1,492) | $ | (7,925 | ) | $ | 100 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (7,825 | )
Changes in value (net of tax effect of $1) | — |  | (2 | ) | — |  | (2 | )
Reclassifications into earnings (net of tax effect of $19)(1) | 60 |  | 1 |  | — |  | 61 |
Balance at March 31, 2019 (net of tax effect of $1,474) | $ | (7,865 | ) | $ | 99 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (7,766 | )
Balance at January 1, 2018 (net of tax effect of $1,400) | $ | (7,812 | ) | $ | 85 |  | $ | 106 |  | $ | (7,621 | )
Changes in value (net of tax effect of $2) | — |  | (7 | ) | — |  | (7 | )
Reclassifications into retained earnings (net of tax effect of $61)(2) | — |  | — |  | (106 | ) | (106 | )
Reclassifications into earnings (net of tax effect of $15)(1) | 51 |  | 2 |  | — |  | 53 |
Balance at March 31, 2018 (net of tax effect of $1,448) | $ | (7,761 | ) | $ | 80 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (7,681 | )
(1) | Amounts reclassified from AOCI for pension and other benefit liabilities and for derivative contracts designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges are recorded in miscellaneous and in passenger revenue, respectively, in the income statement.
(2) | The reclassification into retained earnings relates to our investments in GOL, China Eastern and other previously designated available-for-sale investments, and the related conversion to accounting for changes in fair value of these investments from AOCI to the income statement.
(3) Includes $688 million of deferred income tax expense primarily related to pension and other benefit obligations that will not be recognized in net income until these obligations are fully extinguished. We consider all income sources, including other comprehensive income, in determining the amount of tax benefit allocated to continuing operations.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134417 + Details
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