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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The following table provides the revenues recognized by revenue source for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,							Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020			2019				2020			2019
Passenger revenue
Passenger travel	$	420		$	1,914			$	1,973		$	5,563
Loyalty revenue - air transportation	25			91				153			275
Other revenue
Loyalty revenue	38			54				127			146
Other revenue	9			27				42			79
Total revenue	$	492		$	2,086			$	2,295		$	6,063

TrueBlue^® points earned from ticket purchases are presented as a reduction to Passenger travel within passenger revenue. Amounts presented in Loyalty revenue - air transportation represent the revenue recognized when TrueBlue^® points have been redeemed and the travel has occurred.

Contract with Customer, Contract Asset, Contract Liability, and Receivable [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):

	September 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
Air traffic liability - passenger travel	$	1,020			$	929
Air traffic liability - loyalty program (air transportation)	703				661
Deferred revenue	42				10
Total	$	1,765			$	1,600

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 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

Balance at December 31, 2019	$	661
TrueBlue® points redeemed	(153		)
TrueBlue® points earned and sold	195
Balance at September 30, 2020	$	703
Balance at December 31, 2018	$	580
TrueBlue® points redeemed	(275		)
TrueBlue® points earned and sold	342
Balance at September 30, 2019	$	647

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Tabular disclosure of receivable, contract asset, and contract liability from contract with customer. Includes, but is not limited to, change in contract asset and contract liability.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
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Tabular disclosure of disaggregation of revenue into categories depicting how nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factor.

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