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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS | SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS UAL maintains share-based compensation plans for our management employees and our non-employee directors. These plans provide for grants of nonqualified stock options; incentive stock options (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); stock appreciation rights ("SARs"); restricted stock; RSUs; performance units; cash incentive awards and other equity-based and equity-related awards. An award (other than an option, SAR or cash incentive award) may provide the holder with dividends or dividend equivalents. All awards are recorded as either equity or a liability in the Company's consolidated balance sheets. Share-based compensation expense is recorded in Salaries and related costs. During 2024, UAL granted share-based compensation awards pursuant to the United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 2021 Incentive Compensation Plan. These share-based compensation awards included approximately 3.7 million RSUs consisting of approximately 2.0 million time-vested RSUs and approximately 1.7 million performance-based RSUs. The time-vested RSUs vest pro-rata, a majority of which vest on February 28th of each year, over a three-year period from the date of grant. Performance-based awards vest either pro-rata, one-third each year, over a three-year period from the date of grant or all at once upon continuous employment with the Company over a three-year period. Payout under the performance-based awards can range from 0% to 300% depending on the achievement level of certain financial and strategic goals. RSUs are generally equity awards settled in stock for domestic employees and liability awards settled in cash for international employees. The cash payments are based on the 20-day average closing price of UAL common stock immediately prior to the vesting date. The following table provides information related to UAL's share-based compensation plan cost for the years ended December 31 (in millions):
Compensation cost |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
RSUs |  | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 87 |
Stock options |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Total |  | $ | 142 |  |  | $ | 80 |  |  | $ | 89 |
The table below summarizes UAL's unearned compensation and weighted-average remaining period to recognize costs for all outstanding share-based awards that are probable of being achieved as of December 31, 2024 (in millions, except as noted):
|  | Unearned Compensation |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Period (in years)
RSUs |  | $ | 110 |  |  | 1.5
Stock options |  | 2 |  |  | 2.2
Total |  | $ | 112 |  |  |
Restricted stock units. The table below summarizes UAL's RSU activity for the years ended December 31 (shares in millions):
|  | Liability Awards |  | Equity Awards
|  | RSUs |  | RSUs |  | Weighted- Average Grant Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2021 |  | 0.2 |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | $ | 53.63 |
Granted |  | 0.1 |  |  | 2.3 |  |  | 31.96 |
Additional issuance due to achievement of performance metrics |  | — |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 58.17 |
Vested |  | (0.2) |  |  | (4.8) |  |  | 56.00 |
Forfeited |  | — |  |  | (0.2) |  |  | 53.03 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2022 |  | 0.1 |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 37.88 |
Granted |  | 0.1 |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | 43.42 |
Vested |  | (0.1) |  |  | (1.6) |  |  | 44.03 |
Forfeited |  | — |  |  | (0.1) |  |  | 36.90 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 |  | 0.1 |  |  | 4.1 |  |  | 38.86 |
Granted |  | 0.1 |  |  | 3.6 |  |  | 46.65 |
Vested |  | (0.1) |  |  | (2.3) |  |  | 39.37 |
Forfeited |  | — |  |  | (0.3) |  |  | 43.28 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2024 |  | 0.1 |  |  | 5.1 |  |  | 43.89 |
The fair value of RSUs that vested in 2024, 2023 and 2022 was approximately $91 million, $76 million and $274 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, UAL had recorded a liability of approximately $8 million related to its cash-settled RSUs. UAL paid approximately $2 million, $3 million and $7 million related to its cash-settled RSUs during 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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