Business Acquisition, Reverse Break-Up Fee

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Business Acquisition, Ticking Fee Per Month, Per Share Amount

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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The cash outflow associated with other payments to acquire businesses including deposit on pending acquisitions and preacquisition costs.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Termination of Merger Agreement with Spirit (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	29 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024	Mar. 05, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Jul. 28, 2022
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Valuation allowance		$ 238,000,000	$ 238,000,000		$ 153,000,000
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Bank of America, N.A. and BofA Securities, Inc \| Senior Secured Bridge Facility \| Bridge Facility
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Principal amount						$ 3,500,000,000
Spirit
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Reverse break-up fee				$ 69,000,000
Payment of ticking fee, per share (in dollars per share)						$ 0.10
Payment for spirit airlines acquisition		22,000,000	425,000,000
Frontier transaction costs	$ 25,000,000
Valuation allowance	$ 123,000,000	$ 105,000,000	$ 105,000,000		$ 18,000,000