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Leases (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract] |
Components of Lease Cost | The Company's lease cost for the three and nine months ended September 30 included the following components (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Operating lease cost |  | $ | 255 |  |  | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 786 |  |  | $ | 940 |
Variable and short-term lease cost |  | 643 |  |  | 664 |  |  | 1,910 |  |  | 1,944 |
Amortization of finance lease assets |  | 15 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 57 |
Interest on finance lease liabilities |  | 27 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 26 |
Sublease income |  | (8 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | (25 | ) |  | (30 | )
Total lease cost |  | $ | 932 |  |  | $ | 991 |  |  | $ | 2,808 |  |  | $ | 2,937 |
Summary of Scheduled Future Minimum Lease Payments under Operating Leases | The table below summarizes the Company's scheduled future minimum lease payments under operating and finance leases, recorded on the balance sheet, as of September 30, 2019 (in millions):
|  | Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases
Last three months of 2019 |  | $ | 195 |  |  | $ | 80 |
2020 |  | 1,004 |  |  | 58 |
2021 |  | 788 |  |  | 54 |
2022 |  | 660 |  |  | 44 |
2023 |  | 647 |  |  | 33 |
After 2023 |  | 4,611 |  |  | 70 |
Minimum lease payments |  | 7,905 |  |  | 339 |
Imputed interest |  | (2,186 | ) |  | (61 | )
Present value of minimum lease payments |  | 5,719 |  |  | 278 |
Less: current maturities of lease obligations |  | (778 | ) |  | (92 | )
Long-term lease obligations |  | $ | 4,941 |  |  | $ | 186 |
Summary of Scheduled Future Minimum Lease Payments under Finance Leases | The table below summarizes the Company's scheduled future minimum lease payments under operating and finance leases, recorded on the balance sheet, as of September 30, 2019 (in millions):
|  | Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases
Last three months of 2019 |  | $ | 195 |  |  | $ | 80 |
2020 |  | 1,004 |  |  | 58 |
2021 |  | 788 |  |  | 54 |
2022 |  | 660 |  |  | 44 |
2023 |  | 647 |  |  | 33 |
After 2023 |  | 4,611 |  |  | 70 |
Minimum lease payments |  | 7,905 |  |  | 339 |
Imputed interest |  | (2,186 | ) |  | (61 | )
Present value of minimum lease payments |  | 5,719 |  |  | 278 |
Less: current maturities of lease obligations |  | (778 | ) |  | (92 | )
Long-term lease obligations |  | $ | 4,941 |  |  | $ | 186 |
Additional Information Related to Leases | The table below presents additional information related to our leases as of September 30:
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases |  | 11 years |  |  | 11 years |  |
Weighted-average remaining lease term - finance leases |  | 5 years |  |  | 5 years |  |
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases |  | 5.3 | % |  | 5.2 | % |
Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases |  | 44.8 | % | (a) | 39.5 | % | (a)
(a) During the third quarter of 2018, United entered into an agreement with the lessor of 54 Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft to purchase those aircraft in 2019. The provisions of these lease agreements resulted in a change in accounting classification of these leases from operating leases to finance leases up until the purchase date. The discount rates used for these leases were adjusted so that the present value of lease payments did not exceed the fair value of the asset being recognized.
Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Leases | The table below presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases during the nine months ended September 30 (in millions):
| 2019 |  | 2018
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |
Operating cash flows for operating leases | $ | 743 |  |  | $ | 842 |
Operating cash flows for finance leases | 63 |  |  | 30 |
Financing cash flows for finance leases | 105 |  |  | 57 |

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