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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of revenue | The following table provides the revenues recognized by revenue source for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (in millions):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020
Passenger revenue |  |  |
Passenger travel | $ | 625 |  |  | $ | 1,408 |
Loyalty revenue - air transportation | 45 |  |  | 103 |
Other revenue |  |  |
Loyalty revenue | 45 |  |  | 51 |
Other revenue | 18 |  |  | 26 |
Total revenue | $ | 733 |  |  | $ | 1,588 |
Contract with customer, contract asset, contract liability, and receivable | 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):
| March 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Air traffic liability - passenger travel | $ | 1,184 |  |  | $ | 964 |
Air traffic liability - loyalty program (air transportation) | 758 |  |  | 733 |
Deferred revenue | 36 |  |  | 41 |
Total | $ | 1,978 |  |  | $ | 1,738 |
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 three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (in millions):
Balance at December 31, 2020 | $ | 733 |
TrueBlue® points redeemed | (45) |
TrueBlue® points earned and sold | 70 |
Balance at March 31, 2021 | $ | 758 |
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | 661 |
TrueBlue® points redeemed | (103) |
TrueBlue® points earned and sold | 98 |
Balance at March 31, 2020 | $ | 656 |
The timing of our TrueBlue® point redemptions can vary; however, the majority of our points are redeemed within approximately three years of the date of issuance.

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