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REVENUE RECOGNITION
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
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Revenue by Geography. The table below presents the Company's operating revenue by principal geographic region (in millions):
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Domestic (U.S. and Canada)$10,725 $8,990 $30,049 $25,808 
Atlantic3,853 3,486 9,725 8,755 
Pacific1,844 1,568 5,857 5,009 
Latin America1,454 1,181 4,524 4,100 
Total$17,875 $15,225 $50,156 $43,673 
Advance ticket sales. In the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized $6.3 billion and $5.8 billion, respectively, of passenger revenue for tickets that were included in Advance ticket sales at the beginning of those periods.
Ancillary services. The Company recognized $1.4 billion and $4.0 billion of ancillary fees within passenger revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, respectively. The Company recorded $1.3 billion and $3.5 billion of ancillary fees within passenger revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively.
Frequent flyer deferred revenue. The table below presents a roll forward of Frequent flyer deferred revenue (in millions):
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Beginning Balance$7,971 $7,665 $7,777 $7,441 
Miles earned1,096 968 3,214 2,878 
Travel miles redeemed(1,072)(896)(2,920)(2,514)
Non-travel miles redeemed(31)(36)(106)(103)
Ending Balance$7,965 $7,702 $7,965 $7,702 
In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company recognized, in Other operating revenue, $0.9 billion and $2.7 billion, respectively, related to the marketing, advertising, non-travel miles redeemed (net of related costs) and other travel-related benefits of the mileage revenue associated with our various partner agreements including, but not limited to, our MileagePlus co-brand agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized, in Other operating revenue, $0.8 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, related to those agreements. The portion related to the MileagePlus miles awarded of the total amounts received from our various partner agreements is deferred and presented in the table above as an increase to Frequent flyer deferred revenue.