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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block] | The following table provides the revenue recognized by revenue source for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017 (in millions):
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Passenger revenue |  |  |  |  |  |
Passenger travel |  | $ | 7,395 |  |  | $ | 7,061 |  |  | $ | 6,508 |
Loyalty revenue - air transportation |  | 391 |  |  | 320 |  |  | 253 |
Other revenue |  |  |  |  |  |
Loyalty revenue |  | 201 |  |  | 168 |  |  | 140 |
Other revenue |  | 107 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 111 |
Total revenue |  | $ | 8,094 |  |  | $ | 7,658 |  |  | $ | 7,012 |
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block] | Our contract liabilities primarily consist of ticket sales for which transportation has not yet been provided, unused credits available to customers, and outstanding loyalty points available for redemption (in millions):
|  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Air traffic liability - passenger travel |  | $ | 929 |  |  | $ | 892 |
Air traffic liability - loyalty program (air transportation) |  | 661 |  |  | 580 |
Deferred revenue |  | 10 |  |  | 10 |
Total |  | $ | 1,600 |  |  | $ | 1,482 |
The table below presents the activity of the current and non-current air traffic liability for our loyalty program, and includes points earned and sold to participating companies (in millions):
Balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | 502 |
TrueBlue® points redeemed | (320 | )
TrueBlue® points earned and sold | 398 |
Balance at December 31, 2018 | 580 |
TrueBlue® points redeemed | (391 | )
TrueBlue® points earned and sold | 472 |
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | 661 |

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