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Debt (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Debt Obligations
The Company’s debt obligations are as follows (in millions):
December 31,
20212020
Secured debt:
Pre-delivery credit facility(1)
$174 $141 
Treasury Loan(2)
150 150 
Floating rate building note(3)
18 18 
Unsecured debt:
PSP Promissory Notes(4)
66 33 
Affinity card advance purchase of mileage credits(5)
15 15 
Total debt423 357 
Less current maturities of long-term debt, net(127)(101)
Less long-term debt acquisition costs and other discounts(9)(9)
Long-term debt, net$287 $247 
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(1)The Company, through an affiliate, entered into the pre-delivery payment (“PDP”) facility with Citibank, N.A. in December 2014 (“PDP Financing Facility”). The PDP Financing Facility is collateralized by the Company’s purchase agreement for Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft deliveries through the term of the facility (see Note 14). In December 2020, the PDP Financing Facility was amended and restated to reduce the commitment of Citibank, N.A., as initial lender, to $150 million, remove the ability to draw further unsecured borrowings and to provide collateral for the borrowings not secured by aircraft outstanding as of that date. During May 2021, the Company amended the facility to increase the total available capacity to $200 million and expanded the number of financial institution participants as lenders. During December 2021, the facility was further amended and restated to extend the availability of the facility through December 2024 to include additional 2023 and 2024 aircraft deliveries.
Interest is paid every 90 days based on a three-month LIBOR plus a margin for each individual tranche. The PDP Financing Facility consists of separate loans for each PDP aircraft. Each separate loan matures upon the earlier of (i) delivery of that aircraft to the Company by Airbus, (ii) the date one month following the last day of the scheduled delivery month of such aircraft and (iii) if there is a delay in delivery of aircraft, depending on the cause of the delivery delay, up to six months following the last day of the scheduled delivery month of such aircraft. The PDP Financing Facility will be repaid periodically according to the preceding sentence with the last scheduled delivery of aircraft contemplated in the PDP Financing Facility, as currently in effect, expected to be in the fourth quarter of 2024.
(2)On September 28, 2020, the Company entered into the Treasury Loan with the Treasury for a term loan facility of up to $574 million. The Treasury Loan has a five-year term and includes an annual interest rate based on adjusted LIBOR plus 2.5%. The Company could not draw any further funds from its Treasury Loan facility after May 2021, as the right to draw any further funds lapsed, and the Company did not draw any further funds from its Treasury Loan facility during the year ended December 31, 2021. The loan can be prepaid at par at any time without incurring a penalty. The Treasury Loan is collateralized by the Company’s co-branded credit card arrangement and related assets. In conjunction with the Treasury Loan, the Company issued to the Treasury warrants to acquire the common stock of FGHI, which have a five-year term and are settled in cash or shares, at the election of the Company, upon notice from the Treasury. The initial fair value of these warrants upon issuance is treated as a loan discount, which reduces the carrying value of the loan, and is amortized utilizing the effective interest method as interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations over the term of the loan.
(3)Represents a note with a commercial bank related to the Company’s headquarters building. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will repay the outstanding principal balance in quarterly payments beginning in January 2022 until the maturity date in December 2023. On the maturity date, one final balloon payment will be made to cover all unpaid principal, accrued unpaid interest and other amounts due. The interest rate of one-month LIBOR plus a margin is payable monthly.
(4)On April 30, 2020, the Company executed the PSP Promissory Note with the Treasury as part of the original payroll support program from which the Company received a $33 million unsecured 10-year, low-interest loan. Subsequently, the Company entered into a second PSP agreement with the Treasury in January 2021 and a third PSP agreement with the Treasury in April 2021, from which the Company received an additional $18 million and $15 million, respectively, of proceeds with the same terms as the original PSP Promissory Note. The PSP Promissory Notes include an annual interest rate of 1.00% for the first five years and the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus 2.00% in the final five years. The loans can be prepaid at par any time without incurring a penalty. In conjunction with the PSP Promissory Notes, the Company issued to the Treasury warrants to acquire the common stock of FGHI, which have a five-year term and are settled in cash or shares, at the election of the Company, upon notice from the Treasury. The initial fair value of these warrants upon issuance is treated as a loan discount, which reduces the carrying value of the loan, and is amortized utilizing the effective interest method as interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations over the term of the loan.
(5)The Company entered into an agreement with Barclays in 2003 to provide for joint marketing, grant certain benefits to co-branded credit card holders (“Cardholders”), and allow Barclays to market using the Company’s customer database. Cardholders earn mileage credits under the Frontier Miles program and the Company sells mileage credits at agreed-upon rates to Barclays and earns fees from Barclays for the acquisition, retention and use of the co-branded credit card by consumers. In addition, Barclays will pre-purchase miles if the Company meets certain conditions precedent. On September 15, 2020 the Company entered into a new agreement with Barclays to amend and extend the agreement to 2029. The pre-purchased miles facility amount is to be reset on January 15 of each calendar year through and including January 15, 2028 based on the aggregate amount of fees payable by Barclays to the Company on a calendar year basis, up to an aggregate maximum facility amount of $200 million. The facility amount cannot be extended above $15 million until full extinguishment of the Treasury Loan, which occurred in February 2022. The Company pays interest on a monthly basis, which is based on a one-month LIBOR plus a margin. Beginning March 31, 2028, the facility will be repaid in 12 equal monthly installments.
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt As of December 31, 2021, future maturities of debt are payable as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2021
2022$127 
202361 
2024
2025150 
2026— 
Thereafter81 
Total debt principal payments$423