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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Computation of Earnings Per Share

The computations of UAL's basic and diluted earnings per share are set forth below (in millions, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018				2017				2018				2017
Earnings available to common stockholders	$	836			$	645			$	1,667			$	1,565
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	272.4				299.8				277.0				306.8
Effect of employee stock awards	1.2				0.8				1.0				0.8
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	273.6				300.6				278.0				307.6
Earnings per share, basic	$	3.07			$	2.15			$	6.02			$	5.10
Earnings per share, diluted	$	3.06			$	2.15			$	5.99			$	5.09

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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