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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
We sponsor the Sabre Inc. Legacy Pension Plan which is a tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan for employees meeting certain eligibility requirements. We also provide retiree life insurance benefits to certain employees who retired prior to January 1, 2014. The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit costs associated with our pension and other postretirement benefit plans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest cost
$
4,799

 
$
4,900

 
$
9,549

 
$
9,802

Expected return on plan assets
(5,259
)
 
(6,025
)
 
(10,559
)
 
(12,050
)
Amortization of prior service credit
(359
)
 
(358
)
 
(717
)
 
(716
)
Amortization of actuarial loss, net
1,798

 
1,167

 
3,523

 
2,334

Net periodic cost (credit)
$
979

 
$
(316
)
 
$
1,796

 
$
(630
)

 
We are not required to make any contributions to our defined benefit pension plans during 2015 under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. We made no contributions to fund our defined benefit pension plans during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015. We made contributions of $2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2014. We may, at our discretion, voluntarily contribute from zero to $10 million to our defined benefit pension plans during the remainder of 2015. Contributions to our defined benefit pension plans in the United States and Canada are based on several factors that may vary from year to year. Thus, past contributions are not always indicative of future contributions.