Financial Instruments (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Summary of Gross Fair Value of Company's Derivative Contracts

Presented below is a summary of the gross fair value of the Company’s derivative contracts recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value.

 

        Fair Value Asset         Fair Valve (Liability)  
(in $ millions)  

Balance Sheet Location

  December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
   

Balance Sheet Location

  December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

           

Interest rate caps

  Other non-current assets     8             Accrued expenses and other current liabilities              

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

           

Interest rate swaps

  Other current assets                 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities            (3

Foreign currency contracts

  Other current assets     3        10      Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     (1     (1

Foreign currency contracts

  Other non-current assets            5      Other non-current liabilities              
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fair value of derivative assets (liabilities)

                        11                          15                            (1                       (4
   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
Summary of Notional Amounts of Derivative Contracts

As of December 31, 2013, the notional amounts of the above derivative contracts were as follows:

 

(in $ millions)    Amount  

Interest rate caps

     2,330   

Foreign currency options

     219   

Foreign currency forwards

     158   
Summary of Reconciliation of Net Carrying Amount of Derivative Financial Instruments

The following table provides a reconciliation of the movement in the net carrying amount of derivative financial instruments during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

(in $ millions)    Amount  

Net derivative asset as of January 1, 2013

     11   

Loss for the period included in net loss

     (7

Loss for the period included in other comprehensive income (loss)

     (4

Premium paid for interest rate cap derivative contracts

     12   

Proceeds from settlement of foreign currency derivative contracts hedging debt instruments, net

     (3

Settlement of foreign currency derivative contracts and interest rate swaps, net

     4   

Termination of foreign currency derivative contracts (settlement pending)

     (3
  

 

 

 

Net derivative asset as of December 31, 2013

     10   
  

 

 

 
Impact of Changes in Fair Values of Derivatives

The table below presents the impact that changes in fair values of derivatives designated as hedges had on accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and income (loss) during the year and the impact derivatives not designated as hedges had on income (loss) during that year.

 

      Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recognized
in Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
          Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recorded
into Income (Loss)
 
     Year Ended
December 31,
    

Location of Gain (Loss)
Recorded in Income (Loss)

   Year Ended
December 31,
 
(in $ millions)    2013      2012      2011         2013     2012     2011  

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

                  

Interest rate caps

     (4                    Interest expense, net                      

Interest rate swaps

                           Interest expense, net                    (9

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

                  

Interest rate swaps

            Interest expense, net      (3     (4     (4

Foreign exchange impact of cross currency swaps

            Selling, general and administrative                    14   

Foreign currency contracts

            Selling, general and administrative      (4            (16
              

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                     (7         (4         (15
              

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Fair Values of Company's Other Financial Instruments

The fair values of the Company’s other financial instruments are as follows:

 

            December 31, 2013     December 31, 2012  
(in $ millions)    Fair Value
Hierarchy
     Carrying
Amount
    Fair Value     Carrying
Amount
    Fair Value  

Asset (liability)

           

Investment in Orbitz Worldwide

     Level 1         19        349               133   

Derivative assets

     Level 2         11        11        15        15   

Derivative liabilities

     Level 2         (1     (1     (4     (4

Total debt

     Level 2                 (3,573             (3,693             (3,430             (2,899