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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Feb. 10, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	SABRE CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001597033
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Trading Symbol	SABR
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-K
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding		275,223,143
Entity Public Float			$ 2,727,088,799

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($)
shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Statement [Abstract]

Revenue

$ 758,455

$ 646,142

$ 2,960,896

$ 2,631,417

$ 2,523,546

Cost of revenue

^[1],[2]

1,944,050

1,742,478

1,705,163

Selling, general and administrative

^[2]

557,077

467,594

437,453

Operating income

109,400

103,709

459,769

421,345

380,930

Other income (expense):

Interest expense, net

(173,298)

(218,877)

(274,689)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

(38,783)

(33,538)

(12,181)

Joint venture equity income

14,842

12,082

12,350

Other, net

91,377

(63,860)

(305)

Total other expense, net

(105,862)

(304,193)

(274,825)

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

353,907

117,152

106,105

Provision for income taxes

119,352

6,279

54,039

Income from continuing operations

29,512

41,230

234,555

110,873

52,066

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax

100,909

5,734

314,408

(38,918)

(149,697)

Net income (loss)

130,421

46,964

548,963

71,955

(97,631)

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

3,481

2,732

2,863

Net income (loss) attributable to Sabre Corporation

129,441

46,400

545,482

69,223

(100,494)

Preferred stock dividends

11,381

36,704

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

$ 129,441

$ 46,400

$ 545,482

$ 57,842

$ (137,198)

Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:

Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)

$ 0.85

$ 0.41

$ 0.07

Income (loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)

1.15

(0.16)

(0.84)

Net income (loss) per common share (in dollars per share)

$ 0.47

$ 0.17

2.00

0.24

(0.77)

Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:

Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)

0.83

0.39

0.07

Income (loss) income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)

1.12

(0.16)

(0.81)

Net income (loss) per common share (in dollars per share)

0.46

0.17

$ 1.95

$ 0.23

$ (0.74)

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:

Basic (in shares)

273,139

238,633

178,125

Diluted (in shares)

280,067

246,747

184,978

Dividend per common share (in dollars per share)

$ 0.36

$ 0.18

$ 0.36

$ 0.18

$ 0

[1]	Includes amortization of upfront incentive consideration of $43,521, $45,358 and $36,649 for the years ended December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
[2]	Includes stock-based compensation as follows: Cost of Revenue of $11,918, $8,044 and $1,356 for the years ended December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative of $18,053, $12,050 and $2,031 for the years ended December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Amortization of upfront incentive consideration	$ 43,521	$ 45,358	$ 36,649
Stock-based compensation expense	29,971	20,094	3,387
Cost of revenues [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense	11,918	8,044	1,356
Selling, general and administrative [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 18,053	$ 12,050	$ 2,031

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income (loss)	$ 548,963	$ 71,955	$ (97,631)
Foreign currency translation adjustments (“CTA”):
Foreign CTA (losses) gains, net of tax	(4,382)	7,794	4,954
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses on foreign CTA, net of taxes of $12,152, $0 and $0	(18,558)	0	8,162
Net change in foreign CTA gains (losses), net of tax	(22,940)	7,794	13,116
Retirement-related benefit plans:
Net actuarial (loss) gain, net of taxes of $2,273, $16,296 and $(16,309)	(4,060)	(28,554)	28,869
Amortization of prior service credits, net of taxes of $516, $516 and $5,144	(915)	(916)	(8,636)
Amortization of actuarial losses, net of taxes of $(2,545), $(1,730) and $(1,288)	4,500	3,058	2,163
Total retirement-related benefit plans	(475)	(26,412)	22,396
Derivatives and available-for-sale securities:
Unrealized gains (losses), net of taxes of $5,753, $2,604 and $(529)	(9,642)	(8,797)	3,000
Reclassification adjustment for realized losses, net of taxes of $(3,312), $(2,913) and $(5,351)	10,646	4,086	8,538
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives, net of tax	1,004	(4,711)	11,538
Share of other comprehensive income of joint venture	(4,921)	3,421	(1,415)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(27,332)	(19,908)	45,635
Comprehensive income (loss)	521,631	52,047	(51,996)
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3,481)	(2,732)	(2,863)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Sabre Corporation	$ 518,150	$ 49,315	$ (54,859)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Realized losses on foreign CTA, taxes	$ 12,152	$ 0	$ 0
Net actuarial (loss) gain, taxes	2,273	16,296	(16,309)
Amortization of prior service credits, taxes	516	516	5,144
Amortization of actuarial losses, taxes	(2,545)	(1,730)	1,288
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives, taxes	5,753	2,604	(529)
Reclassification adjustment for realized losses, taxes	$ (3,312)	$ (2,913)	$ (5,351)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 321,132	$ 155,679
Accounts receivable, net	375,789	362,911
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	81,167	64,734
Assets held for sale	0	112,558
Total current assets	778,088	695,882
Property and equipment, net	627,529	551,276
Investments in joint ventures	24,348	145,320
Goodwill	2,440,431	2,153,499
Finite lived intangible assets, net	836,553	479,986
Deferred income taxes	44,464	131,971
Other assets, net	642,214	485,139
Total assets	5,393,627	4,643,073
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	138,421	117,855
Accrued compensation and related benefits	99,382	83,828
Accrued subscriber incentives	185,270	145,581
Deferred revenues	165,124	167,827
Litigation settlement liability and related deferred revenue	30,012	73,252
Other accrued liabilities	191,964	189,612
Current portion of debt	190,315	22,435
Liabilities held for sale	0	96,544
Total current liabilities	1,000,488	896,934
Deferred income taxes	83,562	8,037
Other noncurrent liabilities	656,093	613,710
Long-term debt	3,169,344	3,040,009
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity
Common Stock: $0.01 par value; 450,000,000 authorized shares; 279,082,473 and 268,237,547 shares issued; 274,955,830 and 267,800,161 shares outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	2,790	2,682
Additional paid-in capital	2,016,325	1,931,796
Treasury stock, at cost, 4,126,643 and 437,386 shares at December 31, 2015 and 2014 respectively	(110,548)	(5,297)
Retained deficit	(1,328,730)	(1,775,616)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(97,135)	(69,803)
Noncontrolling interest	1,438	621
Total stockholders’ equity	484,140	84,383
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	5,393,627	4,643,073
Customer relationships
Current assets
Finite lived intangible assets, net	416,887	170,629
Other intangible assets
Current assets
Finite lived intangible assets, net	$ 419,666	$ 309,357

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Common Stock, Par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Stock, Shares authorized	450,000,000	450,000,000
Common Stock, Shares issued	279,082,473	268,237,547
Common Stock, Shares outstanding	274,955,830	267,800,161
Treasury Stock, shares held	4,126,643	437,386

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Operating Activities
Net income (loss)	$ 548,963	$ 71,955	$ (97,631)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	351,480	289,630	287,038
Amortization of upfront incentive consideration	43,521	45,358	36,649
Litigation related (credits) charges	(60,998)	(41,672)	8,156
Stock-based compensation expense	29,971	20,094	3,387
Allowance for doubtful accounts	8,558	10,356	5,178
Deferred income taxes	97,225	(3,829)	13,941
Joint venture equity income	(14,842)	(12,082)	(12,350)
Dividends received from joint venture investments	28,700	2,261	10,560
Amortization of debt issuance costs	6,759	6,316	7,104
Debt modification costs	0	3,290	14,003
Gain on remeasurement of previously-held joint venture interest	(78,082)	0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	38,783	33,538	12,181
Other	3,556	6,023	(4,653)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(314,408)	38,918	149,697
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts and other receivables	10,662	(7,295)	(23,169)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(13,255)	6,948	(3,649)
Capitalized implementation costs	(63,382)	(37,811)	(58,814)
Upfront incentive consideration	(63,510)	(50,936)	(48,569)
Other assets	(66,873)	(78,873)	(56,663)
Accrued compensation and related benefits	18,268	(5,301)	9,372
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	8,721	52,128	(17,854)
Deferred revenue including upfront solution fees	9,390	38,643	(5,682)
Cash provided by operating activities	529,207	387,659	228,232
Investing Activities
Additions to property and equipment	(286,697)	(227,227)	(209,523)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(442,344)	(31,799)	(30,200)
Other investing activities	0	235	(276)
Cash used in investing activities	(729,041)	(258,791)	(239,999)
Financing Activities
Proceeds of borrowings from lenders	1,252,000	148,307	2,540,063
Payments on borrowings from lenders	(960,807)	(802,664)	(2,261,061)
Debt prepayment fees and issuance costs	(52,674)	(30,490)	(19,116)
Acquisition-related contingent consideration paid	0	(27,000)	0
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in initial public offering, net	0	672,137	0
Net proceeds on the settlement of equity-based awards	47,414	13,809	2,054
Cash dividends paid to common stockholders	(98,596)	(47,904)	0
Repurchase of common stock	(98,770)	0	0
Other financing activities	4,577	1,860	232
Cash provided by (used in) by financing activities	93,144	(71,945)	262,172
Cash Flows from Discontinued Operations
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	236	(205,988)	(85,140)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	278,834	(1,965)	13,993
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations	279,070	(207,953)	(71,147)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(6,927)	(1,527)	2,283
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	165,453	(152,557)	181,541
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	155,679	308,236	126,695
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	321,132	155,679	308,236
Cash payments for income taxes	27,816	47,545	4,224
Cash payments for interest	154,307	197,782	255,620
Capitalized interest	11,981	13,412	10,966
Preferred shares dividend	$ 0	$ 11,381	$ 36,704

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) - USD ($)	Total	Series A- Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Additional Paid-in Capital	Treasury Stock	Retained Earnings (Deficit)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Noncontrolling Interest
Stockholders' equity equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2012	$ (876,875,000)		$ 1,779,000	$ 865,144,000	$ 0	$ (1,648,356,000)	$ (95,530,000)	$ 88,000
Stockholders' equity equity, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012			177,911,922		0
Temporary equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2012		$ 598,139,000
Temporary equity, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012		87,229,703
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income (loss)	(51,996,000)					(100,494,000)	45,635,000	2,863,000
Issuances pursuant to settlement of stock-based awards (in shares)			721,487
Issuances pursuant to settlement of stock-based awards	7,918,000		$ 7,000	7,911,000
Accrued preferred shares dividend	(36,704,000)	$ 36,704,000				(36,704,000)
Stock-based compensation expense	7,564,000			7,564,000
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest on subsidiary common stock	(2,443,000)							(2,443,000)
Dividends declared	0
Temporary equity, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013		$ 634,843,000
Temporary equity, ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013		87,229,703
Stockholders' equity equity, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013	(952,536,000)		$ 1,786,000	880,619,000	$ 0	(1,785,554,000)	(49,895,000)	508,000
Stockholders' equity equity, ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013			178,633,409		0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income (loss)	52,047,000					69,223,000	(19,908,000)	2,732,000
Issuances pursuant to settlement of stock-based awards (in shares)			4,180,609		437,386
Issuances pursuant to settlement of stock-based awards	14,329,000		$ 42,000	19,584,000	$ (5,297,000)
Accrued preferred shares dividend	(11,381,000)	$ 11,381,000				(11,381,000)
Stock-based compensation expense	29,217,000			29,217,000
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest on subsidiary common stock	(2,844,000)							(2,844,000)
Dividends declared	(47,904,000)					(47,904,000)
Initial public offering, net of offering costs	672,137,000		$ 451,000	671,686,000
Initial public offering, net of offering costs (in shares)			45,080,000
Conversion of redeemable preferred stock to common stock	646,224,000	$ (646,224,000)	$ 403,000	645,821,000
Conversion of redeemable preferred stock to common stock (in shares)		(87,229,703)	40,343,529
Initial recognition of tax receivable agreement liability	(321,377,000)			(321,377,000)
Tax effect of initial public offering related costs	6,246,000			6,246,000
Acquisition of minority interest	225,000							225,000
Temporary equity, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014		$ 0
Temporary equity, ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		0
Stockholders' equity equity, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 84,383,000		$ 2,682,000	1,931,796,000	$ (5,297,000)	(1,775,616,000)	(69,803,000)	621,000
Stockholders' equity equity, ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014	268,237,547		268,237,547		437,386
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 521,631,000					545,482,000	(27,332,000)	3,481,000
Issuances pursuant to settlement of stock-based awards (in shares)			10,844,926		289,257
Issuances pursuant to settlement of stock-based awards	48,052,000		$ 108,000	54,425,000	$ (6,481,000)
Accrued preferred shares dividend	0
Stock-based compensation expense	30,104,000			30,104,000
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest on subsidiary common stock	(2,664,000)							(2,664,000)
Dividends declared	(98,596,000)					(98,596,000)
Repurchase of common stock (in shares)			3,400,000		3,400,000
Repurchase of common stock	(98,770,000)		$ (99,000,000)		$ (98,770,000)
Temporary equity, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015		$ 0
Temporary equity, ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		0
Stockholders' equity equity, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 484,140,000		$ 2,790,000	$ 2,016,325,000	$ (110,548,000)	$ (1,328,730,000)	$ (97,135,000)	$ 1,438,000
Stockholders' equity equity, ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015	279,082,473		279,082,473		4,126,643

Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Sabre Corporation is a Delaware corporation formed in December 2006. On March 30, 2007, Sabre Corporation acquired Sabre Holdings Corporation (“Sabre Holdings”). Sabre Holdings is the sole subsidiary of Sabre Corporation. Sabre GLBL Inc. (“Sabre GLBL”) is the principal operating subsidiary and sole direct subsidiary of Sabre Holdings. Sabre GLBL or its direct or indirect subsidiaries conduct all of our businesses. In these consolidated financial statements, references to “Sabre,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” and “us” refer to Sabre Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires.

We are a leading technology solutions provider to the global travel and tourism industry. We operate through two business segments: (i) Travel Network, our global travel marketplace for travel suppliers and travel buyers, and (ii) Airline and Hospitality Solutions, an extensive suite of travel industry leading software solutions primarily for airlines and hotel properties.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). We consolidate all majority owned subsidiaries and companies over which we exercise control through majority voting rights. No entities are consolidated due to control through operating agreements, financing agreements, or as the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. The consolidated financial statements include our accounts after elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions. All dollar amounts in the financial statements and the tables in the notes, except per share amounts, are stated in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. All amounts in the notes reference results from continuing operations unless otherwise indicated.

The preparation of these annual financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires that certain amounts be recorded based on estimates and assumptions made by management. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions. Our accounting policies, which include significant estimates and assumptions, include, among other things, estimation of the collectability of accounts receivable, amounts for future cancellations of bookings processed through the Sabre GDS, revenue recognition for software arrangements, determination of the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired in a business combination, determination of the fair value of derivatives, the evaluation of the recoverability of the carrying value of intangible assets and goodwill, assumptions utilized in the determination of pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities, estimation of loss contingencies, and evaluation of uncertainties surrounding the calculation of our tax assets and liabilities.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior periods in order to conform to the current year presentation. Reclassifications made in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 relate to, among others, deferred tax assets and liabilities, debt issuance costs and other receivables, net. In the fourth quarter of 2015, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes, and ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. These ASUs were issued by the FASB under their initiative to reduce complexity in financial reporting. The adoption of ASU 2015-17 resulted in the reclassification of $182 million from current deferred tax assets, of which $129 million increased noncurrent deferred tax assets and $54 million reduced noncurrent deferred tax liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 resulted in the reclassification of $21 million of debt issuance costs from other assets, all of which reduced long-term debt as of December 31, 2014. In addition, to further simplify our consolidated balance sheets, $30 million of other receivables, net as of December 31, 2014 have been reclassified to prepaid expenses and other current assets.

Revenue Recognition

We employ a number of revenue models across our businesses, depending on the dynamics of the industry segment and the technology on which the revenue is based. Some revenue models are used in multiple businesses. Travel Network primarily employs the transaction revenue model. Airline and Hospitality Solutions primarily employs the SaaS and hosted and consulting revenue models, as well as the software licensing fee model to a lesser extent. Contracts with the same customer which are entered into at or around the same period are analyzed for revenue recognition purposes on a combined basis across our businesses which can impact our revenue recognized.

We report revenue net of any revenue based taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue producing transactions.

Transaction Revenue Model—This model accounts for substantially all of Travel Network’s revenues. We define a direct billable booking as any booking that generates a fee directly to Travel Network. Transaction fees include, but are not limited to, transaction fees paid by travel suppliers for selling their inventory through the Sabre global distribution system (“GDS”) and transaction fees paid by travel agency subscribers related to their use of the Sabre GDS. Pursuant to this model, a transaction occurs when a travel agency or corporate travel department books, or reserves, a travel supplier’s product on the Sabre GDS. We receive revenue from a travel supplier, travel agency, or corporate travel department depending upon the commercial arrangement represented in each of their contracts. Transaction revenue for airline travel reservations is recognized at the time of the booking of the reservation, net of estimated future cancellations. Our transaction fee cancellation reserve was $13 million and $9 million at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Transaction revenue for car rental, hotel bookings and other travel providers is recognized at the time the reservation is used by the customer. We evaluate whether it is appropriate to record the gross amount of our revenues and related costs by considering a number of factors, including, among other things, whether we are the primary obligor under the arrangement, change the product or perform part of the service and have latitude in establishing prices.

Software-as-a-Service and Hosted Revenue Model—SaaS and hosted is the primary revenue model employed by Airline and Hospitality Solutions. In this revenue model, we host software solutions on secure platforms, or deploy it through our SaaS solutions, we maintain the software and manage the related infrastructure. Our customers, which include airlines, airports and hotel companies, pay us an upfront solutions fee and a recurring usage-based fee for the use of the software pursuant to contracts with terms that typically range between three and ten years and generally include minimum annual volume requirements. This usage-based fee arrangement allows our customers to pay for software normally on a monthly basis, to the extent that it is used. Contracts with the same customer which are entered into at or around the same period are analyzed for revenue recognition purposes on a combined basis. Revenue from upfront solution fees is generally recognized over the term of the agreement. The amount of periodic usage fees is typically based on a metric relevant to the software’s purpose. We recognize revenue from recurring usage based fees in the period earned, which typically fluctuates based on a real time metric, such as the actual number of passengers boarded or the actual number of hotel bookings made in a given month.

Consulting Revenue Model—Our SaaS and hosted offerings can be sold as part of multiple element agreements for which we also provide consulting services. Our consulting services are primarily focused on helping customers achieve better utilization of and return on their software investment. Often we provide consulting services during the implementation phase of our SaaS solutions. In such cases, we account for consulting service revenue separately from upfront solution fees and recurring usage-based fees, with value assigned to each element based on its relative selling price to the total selling price. We perform a market analysis on a periodic basis to determine the range of selling prices for each product and service. Estimated selling prices are set for each product and service delivered to customers. The revenue for consulting services is generally recognized over the period the services are performed.

Software Licensing Fee Revenue Model—The software licensing fee revenue model is utilized by Airline and Hospitality Solutions. Under this model, we generate revenue by charging customers for the installation and use of our software products. Some contracts under this model generate additional revenue for the maintenance of the software product. When software is sold without associated customization or implementation services, revenue from software licensing fees is recognized when all of the following are met: (i) the software is delivered, (ii) fees are fixed or determinable, (iii) no undelivered elements are essential to the functionality of delivered software, and (iv) collection is probable. When software is sold with customization or implementation services, revenue from software licensing fees is recognized based on the percentage of completion of the customization and implementation services. Fees for software maintenance are recognized ratably over the life of the contract. We are unable to determine vendor specific objective evidence of fair value for software maintenance fees. Therefore, when fees for software maintenance are included in software license agreements, revenue from the software license, customization, implementation and the maintenance are recognized ratably over the related contract term.

Incentive Consideration

Certain service contracts with significant travel agency customers contain booking productivity clauses and other provisions that allow travel agency customers to receive cash payments or other consideration. We establish liabilities for these commitments and recognize the related expense as these travel agencies earn incentive consideration based on the applicable contractual terms. Periodically, we make cash payments to these travel agencies at inception or modification of a service contract which are capitalized and amortized to cost of revenue over the expected life of the service contract, which is generally three to five years. Deferred charges related to such contracts are recorded in other assets, net on the consolidated balance sheets. The service contracts are priced so that the additional airline and other booking fees generated over the life of the contract will exceed the cost of the incentive consideration provided. Incentive consideration paid to the travel agency represents a commission paid to the travel agency for booking travel on our GDS and the amounts paid to travel agencies represent fair value for the services provided.

Advertising Costs

The majority of our historical advertising expense related to our discontinued Travelocity segment. Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs incurred by our discontinued Travelocity segment totaled $10 million, $141 million and $142 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which are included in net (loss) income from discontinued operations. Advertising costs incurred by our continuing operations totaled $19 million, $17 million and $16 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

We classify all highly liquid instruments, including money market funds and money market securities with original maturities of three months or less, as cash equivalents. Restricted cash relate to security provided for certain bank guarantees and banking services for specific subsidiaries in Europe related to our discontinued Travelocity segment.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Concentration of Credit Risk

We evaluate the collectability of our accounts receivable based on a combination of factors. In circumstances where we are aware of a specific customer’s inability to meet its financial obligations to us, such as bankruptcy filings or failure to pay amounts due to us or others, we record a specific reserve for bad debts against amounts due to reduce the recorded receivable to the amount we reasonably believe will be collected. For all other customers, we record reserves for bad debts based on historical experience and the length of time the receivables are past due. We maintained an allowance for doubtful accounts of approximately $32 million and $26 million at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Effective January 1, 2014, we have recorded specific reserves against all accounts receivable outstanding due to us from certain airlines in Venezuela and are deferring the recognition of any future revenues until cash is collected. Accounts receivable outstanding from customers in Venezuela totaled $14 million and $6 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, which will be recognized as revenue when cash is received.

Our customers are primarily located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Asia, and are concentrated in the travel industry. We generate a significant portion of our revenues and corresponding accounts receivable from services provided to the commercial air travel industry. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, approximately $252 million, or 72%, and $204 million, or 67%, respectively, of our trade accounts receivable was attributable to these customers, in each case excluding balances associated with our discontinued Travelocity segment. Our other accounts receivable are generally due from other participants in the travel and transportation industry. Substantially all of our accounts receivable represents trade balances. We generally do not require security or collateral from our customers as a condition of sale.

We regularly monitor the financial condition of the air transportation industry. We believe the credit risk related to the air carriers’ difficulties is significantly mitigated by the fact that we collect a significant portion of the receivables from these carriers through the Airline Clearing House (“ACH”) and other similar clearing houses. As of December 31, 2015, approximately 57% of our air customers make payments through the ACH which accounts for approximately 89% of our air revenue. For these carriers, we believe the use of ACH mitigates our credit risk with respect to airline bankruptcies. For those carriers from which we do not collect payments through the ACH or other similar clearing houses, our credit risk is higher. We monitor these carriers and account for the related credit risk through our normal reserve policies.

Derivative Financial Instruments

We recognize all derivatives on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. If the derivative is designated as a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of derivatives are offset against the change in fair value of the hedged item through earnings (a “fair value hedge”) or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings (a “cash flow hedge”). The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of a derivative designated as a hedge is immediately recognized in earnings. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss resulting from the change in fair value is recognized in current earnings during the period of change. No hedging ineffectiveness was recorded in earnings during the periods presented.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization, which is calculated on the straight-line basis. Our depreciation and amortization policies are as follows:



Buildings	Lesser of lease term or 35 years
Leasehold improvements	Lesser of lease term or useful life
Furniture and fixtures	5 to 15 years
Equipment, general office and computer	3 to 5 years
Software developed for internal use	3 to 5 years

We capitalize certain costs related to applications, infrastructure and graphics development for our GDS and websites under authoritative guidance on software developed for internal use. Capitalizable costs consist of (a) certain external direct costs of materials and services incurred in developing or obtaining internal use computer software and (b) payroll and payroll related costs for employees who are directly associated with and who devote time to our GDS and web-related development projects. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage or costs incurred for data conversion activities and training, maintenance and general and administrative or overhead costs are expensed as incurred. Costs that cannot be separated between maintenance of, and relatively minor upgrades and enhancements to, internal use software are also expensed as incurred. See Note 6, Balance Sheet Components, for amounts capitalized as property and equipment in our consolidated balance sheets. Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment totaled $214 million, $157 million and $123 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Amortization of software developed for internal use, included in depreciation and amortization, totaled $170 million, $122 million and $90 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Property and equipment are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets used in combination to generate cash flows largely independent of other assets may not be recoverable. We did not record any property and equipment impairment charges for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Business Combinations

Business combinations are accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting. Under this method, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recognized at their respective fair values as of the date of acquisition. The excess, if any, of the acquisition price over the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. For significant acquisitions, we utilize third-party appraisal firms to assist us in determining the fair values for certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The measurement of these fair values requires us to make significant estimates and assumptions which are inherently uncertain.

Adjustments to the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are made until we obtain all relevant information regarding the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date (the “measurement period”), not to exceed one year from the date of the acquisition. In the third quarter of 2015, we adopted ASU 2015-16, Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which requires us to recognize measurement-period adjustments in the period in which we determine the amounts, including the effect on earnings of any amounts we would have recorded in previous periods if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill is the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired in business combinations. Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized but are reviewed for impairment on an annual basis or more frequently if events and circumstances indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis and assigned useful economic lives of two to thirty years, depending on classification. The useful economic lives are evaluated on an annual basis.

We perform our annual assessment of possible impairment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets as of October 1 of each year. We begin with the qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying value before applying the two step goodwill impairment model described below. If it is determined through the qualitative assessment that a reporting unit’s fair value is more likely than not greater than its carrying value, the remaining impairment steps are unnecessary. Otherwise, we perform a comparison of the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to which the goodwill has been assigned to the sum of the carrying value of the assets and liabilities of that unit. If the sum of the carrying value of the assets and liabilities of a reporting unit exceeds the estimated fair value of that reporting unit, the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is reduced to its implied fair value through an adjustment to the goodwill balance, resulting in an impairment charge. We have three reporting units associated with our continuing operations: Travel Network, Airline Solutions and Hospitality Solutions. In addition, we had two reporting units associated with our discontinued operations: Travelocity—North America and Travelocity—Europe. Based on our qualitative assessment, we did not record any goodwill impairment charges for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. We recorded $136 million in goodwill impairment charges related to our discontinued Travelocity segment for the year ended December 31, 2013, which are included in net (loss) income from discontinued operations. See Note 5, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for additional information.

Definite-lived intangible assets are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of definite lived intangible assets used in combination to generate cash flows largely independent of other assets may not be recoverable. If impairment indicators exist for definite-lived intangible assets, the undiscounted future cash flows associated with the expected service potential of the assets are compared to the carrying value of the assets. If our projection of undiscounted future cash flows is in excess of the carrying value of the intangible assets, no impairment charge is recorded. If our projection of undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying value, the intangible assets are measured at fair value and an impairment charge is recorded based on the excess of the carrying value of the assets to its fair value. We did not record material intangible asset impairment charges for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. See Note 5, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for additional information.

Equity Method Investments

We utilize the equity method to account for our interests in joint ventures and investments in stock of other companies that we do not control but over which we exert significant influence. We periodically evaluate equity and debt investments in entities accounted for under the equity method for impairment by reviewing updated financial information provided by the investee, including valuation information from new financing transactions by the investee and information relating to competitors of investees when available. On July 1, 2015, we completed the acquisition of the remaining 65% interest in Abacus International Pte Ltd (“AIPL”), a former joint venture, which we previously accounted for under the equity method. In addition to the acquisition in AIPL, we also own voting interests in various national marketing companies ranging from 20% to 49% , a voting interest of 40% in ESS Elektroniczne Systemy Spzedazy Sp. zo.o, and a voting interest of 20% in Sabre Bulgaria AD. The carrying value of these investments in joint venture amounts to $21 million as of December 31, 2015.

As of December 31, 2014, the carrying amount of our investment in AIPL included $89 million of excess basis over our underlying equity interest in AIPL's net assets. This differential represented goodwill and identifiable intangible assets, which were being amortized to joint venture equity income over their estimated lives prior to our acquisition of the remaining interest in AIPL.

Capitalized Implementation Costs

We incur upfront costs to implement new customer contracts under our SaaS revenue model. We capitalize these costs, including (a) certain external direct costs of materials and services incurred to implement a customer contract and (b) payroll and payroll related costs for employees who are directly associated with and devote time to implementation activities. Capitalized implementation costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the related contract term, ranging from three to ten years, as they are recoverable through deferred or future revenues associated with the relevant contract. These assets are reviewed for recoverability on a periodic basis or when an event occurs that could impact the recoverability of the assets, such as a significant contract modification or early renewal of contract terms. Recoverability is measured based on the future estimated revenue and direct costs of the contract compared to the capitalized implementation costs.

Deferred Customer Advances and Discounts

Deferred advances to customers and customer discounts are amortized in future periods as the related revenue is earned. The assets are reviewed for recoverability based on future contracted revenues and estimated direct costs of the contract. Contracts are priced to generate total revenues over the life of the contract that exceed any discounts or advances provided and any upfront costs incurred to implement the customer contract.

Income Taxes

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and income tax basis of assets and liabilities and are measured using the tax rates and laws in effect at the time of such determination. We regularly review our deferred tax assets for recoverability and a valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, we make estimates and assumptions regarding projected future taxable income, our ability to carry back operating losses to prior periods, the reversal of deferred tax liabilities and implementation of tax planning strategies. We reassess these assumptions regularly which could cause an increase or decrease to the valuation allowance resulting in an increase or decrease in the effective tax rate, and could materially impact our results of operations.

We recognize liabilities when we believe that an uncertain tax position may not be fully sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Liabilities are recognized for uncertain tax positions that do not pass a two-step approach for recognition and measurement. First, we evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if based solely on its technical merits, it is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Secondly, for positions that pass the first step, we measure the tax benefit as the largest amount which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. We recognize penalties and interest accrued related to income taxes as a component of the provision for income taxes.

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

We recognize the funded status of our defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans in our consolidated balance sheets. The funded status is the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation as of the balance sheet date. The fair value of plan assets represents the cumulative contributions made to fund the pension and other postretirement benefit plans which are invested primarily in domestic and foreign equities and fixed income securities. The benefit obligation of our pension and other postretirement benefit plans are actuarially determined using certain assumptions approved by us. The benefit obligation is adjusted annually in the fourth quarter to reflect actuarial changes and may also be adjusted upon the adoption of plan amendments. These adjustments are initially recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and are subsequently amortized over the life expectancy of the plan participants as a component of net periodic benefit costs.

Equity-Based Compensation

We account for our stock awards and options by recognizing compensation expense, measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award, on a straight-line basis over the award vesting period, giving consideration as to whether the amount of compensation cost recognized at any date is equal to the portion of grant date value that is vested at that date. We recognize equity-based compensation expense net of an estimated forfeiture rate which is based on our historical experience of granted awards that are canceled prior to vesting.

We measure the grant date fair value of stock option awards as calculated by the Black-Scholes option-pricing model which requires certain subjective assumptions, including the expected term of the option, the expected volatility of our common stock, risk-free interest rates and expected dividend yield. The expected term is estimated by using the “simplified method” which is based on the midpoint between the vesting date and the expiration of the contractual term. We utilized the simplified method due to the lack of sufficient historical experience under our current grant terms. The expected volatility is estimated by using the average of the median historic price volatility and the median implied volatility of common stock of industry peers due to the lack of sufficient historical volatility of our common stock. Our industry peers consist of several public companies in the technology industry that are similar in size, stage of life cycle and financial leverage. The expected risk-free interest rates are based on the yields of U.S. Treasury securities with maturities appropriate for the expected term of the stock options. The expected dividend yield was based on the calculated yield on our common stock at the time of grant assuming annual dividends totaling $0.36 per share.

Foreign Currency

We remeasure foreign currency transactions into the relevant functional currency and record the foreign currency transaction gains or losses as a component of other, net in our consolidated statements of operations. We translate the financial statements of our non-U.S. dollar functional currency foreign subsidiaries into U.S. dollars in consolidation and record the translation gains or losses as a component of other comprehensive income (loss). Translation gains or losses of foreign subsidiaries related to divested businesses are reclassified into earnings as a component of other, net in our consolidated statements of operations once the liquidation of the respective foreign subsidiaries is substantially complete. The majority of our foreign subsidiaries related to divested businesses are classified as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations.

Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions

Abacus

On July 1, 2015, we completed the acquisition of the remaining 65% interest in AIPL, a Singapore-based business-to-business travel e-commerce provider that serves the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to the acquisition, AIPL was 65% owned by a consortium of 11 airlines and the remaining 35% was owned by us. Separately, AIPL has signed new long-term agreements with the consortium of 11 airlines to continue to utilize the Abacus GDS. In the third and fourth quarters of 2015, AIPL completed the acquisition of the remaining interest in three national marketing companies, Abacus Distribution Systems (Hong Kong), Abacus Travel Systems (Singapore) and Abacus Distribution Systems Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) (the “NMCs” and, together with AIPL, “Abacus”). AIPL previously owned noncontrolling interests in the NMCs. The net cash consideration for Abacus was $442 million, which includes the effect of net working capital adjustments finalized in the fourth quarter of 2015. The acquisition was funded with a combination of cash on hand and a $70 million draw on our revolving credit facility. We incurred acquisition-related costs of $14 million and $4 million during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation

The purchase price allocation presented below is preliminary and based on available information as of the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Accordingly, the purchase price allocation is subject to change when finalized, which may result in an adjustment to the gain we recognized as a result of the remeasurement of our previously-held 35% equity interest in Abacus, further described below. We expect to finalize the purchase price allocation in the first quarter of 2016. A summary of the acquisition price and estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date of acquisition is as follows (in thousands):



Cash and cash equivalents	$	65,641
Accounts receivable, net	49,099
Other current assets	12,522
Intangible assets:
Customer relationships	319,000
Reacquired rights⁽¹⁾	113,500
Purchased technology	14,000
Supplier agreements	13,000
Trademarks and brand names	4,000
Property and equipment, net	4,021
Other assets	65,876
Current liabilities	(118,522		)
Noncurrent liabilities	(44,245		)
Noncurrent deferred income taxes	(75,228		)
Goodwill	287,349
	710,013
Fair value of Sabre Corporation's previously held equity investment in AIPL	(200,000		)
Fair value of AIPL's previously held equity investment in national marketing companies	(1,880		)
Total acquisition price	$	508,133

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⁽¹⁾ In connection with the acquisition of Abacus, we reacquired certain contractual rights that provided Abacus the exclusive right, within the Asia-Pacific region, to operate and profit from the Sabre GDS.

In connection with our acquisition of Abacus, we recognized a gain of $78 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, as a result of the remeasurement of our previously-held 35% equity interest in Abacus to its fair value as of the acquisition date. The fair value of the previously-held equity interest of $202 million in Abacus was estimated by applying a market approach and an income approach. The fair value measurement of the previously-held equity interest is based on significant inputs not observable in the market, and therefore represents Level 3 measurements (see Note 10, Fair Value, for a description of the fair value hierarchy). The fair value estimate for the previously-held equity interest is based on (i) a discount rate commensurate with the risks and inherent uncertainty in the business, (ii) an assumed long-term sustainable growth rate based on our most recent views of the long-term outlook, and (iii) assumed financial multiples of reporting entities deemed to be similar to Abacus. In addition, we recognized a gain of $12 million for year the ended December 31, 2015, associated with the settlement of a pre-existing agreement between us and AIPL related to data processing services. The $78 million remeasurement gain and the $12 million settlement gain are reflected in other, net in our consolidated statements of operations.

The goodwill recognized reflects expected synergies from combined operations and also the acquired assembled workforce of Abacus. The goodwill recognized is assigned to our Travel Network business and is not deductible for tax purposes. The useful lives of the intangible assets acquired are 20 years for customer relationships, 7 years for reacquired rights, 3 years for purchased technology, 7 years for supplier agreements and 2 years for trademarks and brand names.

The preliminary purchase price allocation includes estimates for contingent liabilities of $25 million related to tax uncertainties. We are evaluating certain other contingencies that existed as of the acquisition date, which may impact the purchase price allocation.

As part of the integration strategy for Abacus, management evaluated actions to optimize the investment’s potential, including the implementation of a restructuring plan to align the acquired business with Travel Network. This plan includes the elimination of redundant positions, centralization of key operations and termination of particular product offerings. As a result, we recorded a restructuring charge of $9 million associated with termination benefits, of which $1 million was paid during the six months ended December 31, 2015. The plan is expected to be substantially complete by the fourth quarter of 2016, and we currently do not expect to incur significant additional charges in connection with the plan. These restructuring charges are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated results of operations.

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

Since the acquisition date, Abacus contributed $187 million of revenue and $13 million of income from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2015. The following unaudited pro forma results of operations information give effect to the acquisitions of Abacus as if it occurred on January 1, 2014. The unaudited pro forma results of operations information excludes the $78 million gain on the remeasurement of our previously-held 35% investment in AIPL, the $12 million gain on the settlement of a pre-existing agreement between us and AIPL, and all acquisition-related costs incurred. The unaudited pro forma results of operations information include adjustments to: (i) eliminate historical revenue and cost of revenue between us, AIPL and the NMCs; (ii) remove historical amortization recognized by AIPL associated with its upfront incentive consideration and software developed for internal use, which are replaced by acquired intangible assets; and (iii) add amortization expense associated with acquired intangible assets.

The following unaudited pro forma results of operations information is presented in thousands:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014
Revenue	$	3,109,310	$	2,905,944
Income from continuing operations	165,006		122,561
Net income attributable to common stockholders	475,933		69,524

The unaudited pro forma financial information is for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what our financial performance would have been had the acquisition been completed on the date assumed nor is such unaudited pro forma combined financial information necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in any future period.

Genares

In September 2014, we acquired certain assets and liabilities of Genares Worldwide Reservation Services, Ltd. (“Genares”), a provider of central reservation systems, revenue management and marketing solutions to more than 2,300 independent and chain hotel properties worldwide. Under the transaction, we acquired the net assets of Genares for cash consideration of $32 million. The operating results of Genares have been included in our consolidated statement of operations and results of operations of our Airline and Hospitality Solutions segment from the date of the acquisition. Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded at their estimated fair values using management’s best estimates, based in part on an independent valuation of the net assets acquired. The allocation of the purchase price includes $16 million of goodwill, which is deductible for tax purposes, $16 million of other intangible assets and $1 million of other net assets acquired. The other intangible assets consist primarily of $13 million of acquired customer relationships with a useful life of ten years and $2 million of non-compete agreements with a useful life of five years.

The acquisition of Genares did not have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements, and therefore pro forma information is not presented.

PRISM

In August 2012, we acquired all of the outstanding stock and ownership interests of PRISM Group Inc. and PRISM Technologies LLC (collectively “PRISM”), a leading provider of end to end airline contract business intelligence and decision support software. The acquisition added to our portfolio of products within Airline and Hospitality Solutions, allows for new relationships with airlines and added to our existing business intelligence capabilities. The purchase price was $116 million, of which $66 million was paid in August 2012 and $50 million, on a discounted basis, was contingent consideration paid in two annual installments. The first $27 million installment was paid in August 2013 and represented a holdback payment primarily for indemnification purposes. The second $27 million installment was paid in August 2014 and represented contingent consideration based on performance measures which were met. In addition, we paid a total of $6 million of contingent compensation to key employees in two installments of $3 million each in August of 2013 and 2014. The contingent compensation was not considered part of the purchase price consideration.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for a business combination (or series of individually immaterial business combinations) completed during the period, including background, timing, and recognized assets and liabilities. The disclosure may include leverage buyout transactions (as applicable).

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Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

Over the past several years, we have disposed of non-core operations of our Travelocity business and, in the fourth quarter of 2014, we committed to a plan to completely divest of our Travelocity business which we completed in the first quarter of 2015. On January 23, 2015, we announced the sale of our Travelocity business in the United States and Canada (“Travelocity.com”). In addition, on December 16, 2014, we announced that we received a binding offer to sell lastminute.com, the European portion of our Travelocity business, which closed on March 1, 2015. Our former Travelocity segment has no remaining operations subsequent to these dispositions. The financial results of our Travelocity business are included in net (loss) income from discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. The assets and liabilities of Travelocity.com and lastminute.com to be disposed of are classified as held for sale in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014.

Travelocity.com—On January 23, 2015, we sold Travelocity.com to Expedia, pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Travelocity Purchase Agreement”), dated January 23, 2015, by and among Sabre GLBL and Travelocity.com LP, and Expedia. The signing and closing of the Travelocity Purchase Agreement occurred contemporaneously. Expedia purchased Travelocity.com pursuant to the Travelocity Purchase Agreement for cash consideration of $280 million. The net assets of Travelocity.com disposed of primarily included a trade name with a carrying value of $55 million as of December 31, 2014. We recognized a gain on sale of $143 million, net of tax, in the first quarter of 2015.

lastminute.com—On December 16, 2014, we sold lastminute.com to Bravofly Rumbo Group. The transaction was completed through the transfer of net liabilities as of the date of sale consisting primarily of a working capital deficit of $70 million, partially offset by assets sold including intangible assets of $27 million. We did not receive any cash proceeds or any other significant consideration in the transaction other than payment for specific services to be provided to the acquirer under a transition services agreement which concludes on March 31, 2016. Additionally, at the time of sale, the acquirer entered into a long-term agreement with us to continue to utilize our GDS for bookings which generates incentive consideration to be paid by us to the acquirer. We recognized a gain on sale of $24 million, net of tax, in 2015.

Travel Partner Network—In February 2014, we completed a sale of assets associated with Travelocity Partner Network (“TPN”), a business-to-business private white label website offering, for $10 million in proceeds. Pursuant to the sale agreement, we were to receive two annual earn-out payments, totaling up to $10 million, if the purchaser exceeded certain revenue thresholds during the calendar years ending December 31, 2014 and 2015, which were not met. In connection with the sale, Travelocity entered into a Transition Services Agreement (“TSA”) with the acquirer to provide services to maintain the websites and certain technical and administrative functions for the acquirer until a complete transition occurs or the TSA terminates. Consideration received under both agreements has been allocated to the disposition and the services provided under the TSA; therefore, a significant portion of the upfront proceeds were deferred, based on fair value of the TSA services, and recognized as an offset to operating expense within discontinued operations as the services were provided through August 2015. We recognized a $3 million loss on disposition for the year ended December 31, 2014 in our results of discontinued operations.

Holiday Autos—On June 25, 2013, we sold certain assets of our Holiday Autos operations to a third party and, in November 2013, completed the closing of the remainder of the Holiday Autos operations such that it represented a discontinued operation. Holiday Autos was a leisure car hire broker that offered pre-paid, low-cost car rentals in various markets, largely in Europe. In the second quarter of 2013, we recognized an $11 million loss, net of tax, on the sale of Holiday Autos. The loss includes the write-off of $39 million of goodwill and intangible assets attributed to Holiday Autos, with the goodwill portion determined based on Holiday Autos’ relative fair value to the Travelocity Europe reporting unit. The sale provided for us to receive two earn-out payments measured during the 12 month periods ending September 30, 2014 and 2015, totaling up to $12 million, based upon the purchaser exceeding certain booking thresholds as defined in the sale agreement. At the time of sale, we recognized a total of $6 million relative to these earn-out provisions. We received the first earn-out payment of $6 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. The second earn-out payment of $6 million was received in January 2016 and will be reflected as a gain in our first quarter 2016 results from operations.

TBiz—On June 18, 2013, we completed the sale of certain assets of Travelocity (“TBiz”) operations to a third party for proceeds of $10 million. TBiz provided managed travel services for corporate customers. In the second quarter of 2013, we recognized a pre-tax gain on the sale of TBiz of $1 million which included the write-off of $9 million of goodwill attributed to TBiz based on the relative fair value to the Travelocity North America reporting unit. On an after tax basis, we recognized a loss of $3 million on the sale of TBiz.

Zuji—In December 2012, we entered into an agreement to sell our shares of Zuji Properties A.V.V. and Zuji Pte Ltd along with its operating subsidiaries (collectively “Zuji”), a Travelocity Asia Pacific-based OTA. At that time, the assets were recorded at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. We recorded an estimated loss on the sale of approximately $14 million, net of tax, during 2012. We sold Zuji in March 2013 and recorded an additional $11 million loss on sale, net of tax, in the first quarter of 2013. In addition, we reclassified $8 million, net of tax, of foreign currency translation losses associated with Zuji from accumulated other comprehensive income into loss from discontinued operations during the year ended December 31, 2013. We had continuing cash flows from Zuji due to reciprocal agreements between us and Zuji to provide hotel reservations services over a three year period. The agreements included commissions paid to the respective party based on qualifying bookings. Due to the restructuring activities associated with our discontinued Travelocity segment in the fourth quarter of 2013, there were no continuing cash flows under these agreements subsequent to 2013.

Financial Information of Discontinued Operations

The results of our discontinued operations are as follows (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenue	$	24,815		$	328,835		$	635,570
Cost of revenue	21,520			113,092			258,409
Selling, general and administrative	(23,077		)	273,195			389,356
Impairment	—			—			138,947
Restructuring charges	—			1,785			28,387
Operating income (loss)	26,372			(59,237		)	(179,529		)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net	—			—			(1,217		)
Gain (loss) on sale of businesses⁽¹⁾	294,276			—			(27,709		)
Other, net	4,640			(10,545		)	(4,430		)
Total other income (expense), net	298,916			(10,545		)	(33,356		)
Income (loss) from discontinuing operations before income taxes	325,288			(69,782		)	(212,885		)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes⁽²⁾	10,880			(30,864		)	(63,188		)
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	314,408		$	(38,918	)	$	(149,697	)

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(1)	The year ended December 31, 2015 includes $31 million of reclassified cumulative translation gains associated with our lastminute.com subsidiaries. See “Divestiture of lastminute.com—Cumulative Translation Adjustments” for additional information.


(2)	The year ended December 31, 2015 includes a U.S. tax benefit of $93 million; see “Divestiture of lastminute.com—U.S. Tax Benefit” for additional information.

For the year ended December 31, 2015, selling, general and administrative includes a gain of $40 million as a result of the favorable final ruling from the Supreme Court of Hawaii and receipt of a cash refund related to our litigation of hotel occupancy taxes. See Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies, for additional information.

During the year ended December 31, 2013, we recorded impairment charges totaling $139 million, which mainly comprised of impairments of goodwill. See Note 5, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for additional information.

In the third quarter of 2013, we initiated plans to restructure our discontinued Travelocity segment, shifting Travelocity.com away from a fixed-cost model to a lower-cost, performance-based shared revenue structure. On August 22, 2013 we entered into an exclusive, long-term strategic marketing agreement with Expedia (“Expedia SMA”), in which Expedia powered the technology platforms for Travelocity’s existing U.S. and Canadian websites. In the fourth quarter of 2013, we also initiated a plan to restructure lastminute.com which involved establishing it as a stand-alone operation, separating processes from the North America operations. As a result of the Travelocity restructuring actions initiated in 2013, we recorded charges of $28 million during the year ended December 31, 2013 which included $4 million of asset impairments, $18 million of employee termination benefits and $6 million of other related costs. During the year ended December 31, 2014, we recorded a net charge of $2 million which included a $3 million loss on the sale of TPN, $3 million in additional severance costs and $2 million in other costs, net of adjustments to our original estimates of employee termination benefits of $6 million. The adjustments to our original estimates were primarily the result of certain employees that transferred to the acquirers of the TPN business and lastminute.com, respectively, without a required severance payment. The remaining restructuring liability was not material as of December 31, 2014.

The major classes of assets and liabilities that were held for sale associated with Travelocity.com and lastminute.com are as follows (in thousands):



	December 31, 2014
Assets
Accounts receivable, net	$	27,129
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	3,943
Property and equipment, net	15,597
Intangible assets, net	64,194
Other assets, net	1,695
Total assets held for sale	$	112,558
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	3,344
Travel supplier liabilities and related deferred revenue	70,858
Accrued compensation and related benefits	2,237
Deferred revenues	1,519
Other accrued liabilities	18,586
Total liabilities held for sale	$	96,544

Continuing Cash Flows Associated with Travelocity.com and lastminute.com

Our Travel Network business earns revenue from airlines for bookings transacted through our GDS. Historically, Travel Network recognized intersegment incentive consideration expense for bookings generated by our Travelocity business. Such costs are representative of costs incurred on a consolidated basis relating to Travel Network’s revenue from airlines for bookings transacted through our GDS. The acquirer of Travelocity.com maintained and the acquirer of lastminute.com signed a long-term agreement with our Travel Network business to continue to utilize our GDS for bookings which will generate incentive consideration to be paid by us to the acquirers. Incentive consideration expense presented as cost of revenue in our results of continuing operations totaled $10 million and $46 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Divestiture of lastminute.com

Cumulative Translation Adjustments

Cumulative translation adjustment (“CTA”) gains or losses of foreign subsidiaries related to divested businesses are reclassified into earnings once the liquidation of the respective foreign subsidiaries is substantially complete. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we substantially completed the liquidation of our lastminute.com subsidiaries and, therefore, reclassified $19 million, net of tax, of CTA gains from accumulated comprehensive income (loss) to our results of discontinued operations.

U.S. Tax Benefit

We wrote off the remaining U.S. tax basis in goodwill and intangible assets during the fourth quarter of 2015, the period in which we completed the wind down of lastminute.com activities. As a result, we recognized a U.S. tax benefit of $93 million in our results of discontinued operations.

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The entire disclosure for the facts and circumstances leading to the completed or expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the segment in which the disposal group was reported, and the classification (whether sold or classified as held for sale) and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group. Includes all disposal groups, including those classified as components of the entity (discontinued operations).

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Equity Method Investments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investment, Financial Statement, Reported Amounts [Abstract]

Equity Method Investments

On July 1, 2015, we completed the acquisition of the remaining 65% interest in AIPL, a former joint venture, which we previously accounted for under the equity method. Prior to the acquisition, we provided AIPL with data processing services, development labor and other services as requested, under the terms of a service agreement. The primary revenue generated from AIPL was data processing fees associated with bookings on the Sabre GDS. Development labor and ancillary services were provided upon request. Additionally, in accordance with an agreement with AIPL, we collected booking fees on behalf of AIPL and recorded a payable, or economic benefit transfer, to AIPL for amounts collected but unremitted at any period end, net of any associated costs we incurred. As of December 31, 2015, our remaining equity method investments are not material to our consolidated financial statements.

Summarized financial information of AIPL is as follows:



	Six Months Ended		Year Ended December 31,
	June 30, 2015		2014		2013
Results of operations data:
Revenue	$	197,527	$	357,711	$	335,255
Cost of revenue	129,870		225,269		205,505
Operating income	34,522		56,703		49,287
Net income	22,142		59,430		42,368
Net income attributable to AIPL	22,101		59,390		42,443



	December 31, 2014
Balance sheet data:
Current assets	$	202,916
Noncurrent assets	123,217
Current liabilities	140,272
Noncurrent liabilities	9,245
Noncontrolling interest	254

Financial information of our related party transactions with AIPL is as follows:



	Six Months Ended		Year Ended December 31,
	June 30, 2015		2014		2013
Revenue earned from AIPL	$	50,303	$	91,324	$	91,998



	December 31, 2014
Receivable from AIPL	$	21,458
Payable to AIPL for Economic Benefit Transfer	(9,217		)
Current deferred revenue related to Abacus data processing	(2,571		)
Long-term deferred revenue related to Abacus data processing	(10,286		)
Related party (payable) receivable, net	$	(616	)

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):



	Travel Network			Airline and Hospitality Solutions			Total Goodwill
Balance as of December 31, 2013	$	1,812,686		$	325,489		$	2,138,175
Acquired	—			15,510			15,510
Adjustments⁽¹⁾	(186		)	—			(186		)
Balance as of December 31, 2014	1,812,500			340,999			2,153,499
Acquired	287,349			—			287,349
Adjustments⁽¹⁾	(269		)	(148		)	(417		)
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	2,099,580		$	340,851		$	2,440,431

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(1)	Includes net foreign currency effects during the year.

The following table presents our intangible assets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



	December 31, 2015							December 31, 2014
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Acquired customer relationships	$	978,763	$	(561,876	)	$	416,887	$	705,963	$	(535,334	)	$	170,629
Trademarks and brand names	330,054		(99,814		)	230,240		326,054		(87,554		)	238,500
Reacquired rights	113,500		(8,267		)	105,233		—		—			—
Purchased technology	403,524		(342,805		)	60,719		469,599		(412,114		)	57,485
Acquired contracts, supplier and distributor agreements	37,600		(15,494		)	22,106		26,600		(15,000		)	11,600
Non-compete agreements	15,025		(13,657		)	1,368		15,025		(13,253		)	1,772
Total intangible assets	$	1,878,466	$	(1,041,913	)	$	836,553	$	1,543,241	$	(1,063,255	)	$	479,986

In 2013, in conjunction with the disposal of TBiz (part of our Travelocity North America reporting unit) and Holidays Autos (part of our Travelocity Europe reporting unit), we initiated an impairment analysis on the remainder of the goodwill and long-lived assets associated with these reporting units. Further declines in our projections of the discounted future cash flows of these reporting units and current market participant considerations resulted in a $96 million goodwill impairment charge in Travelocity—North America and a $40 million goodwill impairment charge in Travelocity—Europe, which are included in net income (loss) from discontinued operations. As a result of these impairments, the Travelocity segment had no remaining goodwill.

Amortization expense relating to intangible assets subject to amortization totaled $107 million, $96 million and $129 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Estimated amortization expense related to intangible assets subject to amortization for each of the five succeeding years and beyond is as follows (in thousands):



2016	$	126,409
2017	78,723
2018	61,292
2019	58,739
2020	57,130
2021 and thereafter	454,260
Total	$	836,553

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Balance Sheet Components

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Balance Sheet Components

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015		2014
Prepaid Expenses	$	46,177	$	34,122
Value added tax receivable, net	28,830		24,940
Other	6,160		5,672
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets	$	81,167	$	64,734

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015			2014
Buildings and leasehold improvements	$	141,070		$	150,842
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	29,265			23,823
Computer equipment	321,001			305,877
Software developed for internal use	986,780			862,895
	1,478,116			1,343,437
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(850,587		)	(792,161		)
Property and equipment, net	$	627,529		$	551,276

Other Assets, Net

Other assets, net consist of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015		2014
Capitalized implementation costs, net	$	206,429	$	176,677
Deferred customer discounts	212,037		144,382
Deferred upfront incentive consideration	109,943		89,953
Other	113,805		74,127
Other assets, net	$	642,214	$	485,139

Other Noncurrent Liabilities

Other noncurrent liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015		2014
Tax receivable agreement	$	387,342	$	387,342
Pension and other postretirement benefits	96,733		90,656
Deferred revenue	66,232		59,287
Litigation settlement liability and related deferred revenue	11,044		22,960
Other	94,742		53,465
Other noncurrent liabilities	$	656,093	$	613,710

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated other comprehensive income consists of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015			2014
Defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans	$	(90,647	)	$	(90,172	)
Unrealized loss on foreign currency forward contracts, interest rate swaps and available-for-sale securities	(6,391		)	(7,395		)
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain	(97		)	22,843
Other⁽¹⁾	—			4,921
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	$	(97,135	)	$	(69,803	)

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(1)	Primarily related to our share of AIPL’s accumulated other comprehensive income. See Note 4, Equity Method Investments.

The amortization of actuarial losses and periodic service credits associated with our retirement-related benefit plans is included in selling, general and administrative expenses. See Note 9, Derivatives, for information on the income statement line items affected as the result of reclassification adjustments associated with derivatives.

Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

The components of pretax income from continuing operations, generally based on the jurisdiction of the legal entity, were as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Components of pre-tax income:
Domestic	$	262,682	$	109,481	$	86,908
Foreign	91,225		7,671		19,197
	$	353,907	$	117,152	$	106,105

The provision for income taxes relating to continuing operations consists of the following:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Current portion:
Federal	$	1,730		$	—		$	16,476
State and Local	(6,249		)	(10,099		)	10,817
Non U.S.	26,646			20,207			12,805
Total current	22,127			10,108			40,098
Deferred portion:
Federal	89,682			(10,852		)	13,239
State and Local	5,715			3,381			71
Non U.S.	1,828			3,642			631
Total deferred	97,225			(3,829		)	13,941
Total provision for income taxes	$	119,352		$	6,279		$	54,039

The provision for income taxes relating to continuing operations differs from amounts computed at the statutory federal income tax rate as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Income tax provision at statutory federal income tax rate	$	123,867		$	41,003		$	37,137
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	(1,263		)	(3,224		)	7,036
Impact of non U.S. taxing jurisdictions, net	13,966			30,476			13,153
Non-taxable gain on remeasurement of previously-held investment in Abacus	(27,279		)	—			—
Research tax credit	(3,857		)	(3,101		)	(3,076		)
Tax receivable agreement	—			22,982			—
Valuation allowance	3,010			(82,116		)	—
Other, net	10,908			259			(211		)
Total provision for income taxes	$	119,352		$	6,279		$	54,039

The components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:



	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued expenses	$	33,823		$	48,491
Employee benefits other than pension	29,726			22,969
Deferred revenue	57,197			58,779
Pension obligations	34,718			33,281
Tax loss carryforwards	295,329			420,765
Non U.S. operations	609			3,048
Incentive consideration	17,897			3,073
Tax credit carryforwards	36,897			32,879
Suspended loss	23,713			24,046
Other	8,314			11,177
Total deferred tax assets	538,223			658,508
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	(24,938		)	(9,381		)
Software developed for internal use	(232,924		)	(210,736		)
Intangible assets	(189,600		)	(85,374		)
Write off of Intercompany Debt	(35,544		)	(36,043		)
Unrealized gains and losses	(13,622		)	(20,759		)
Currency translation adjustment	82			(12,189		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(496,546		)	(374,482		)
Valuation allowance	(80,775		)	(160,092		)
Net deferred tax (liability) asset	$	(39,098	)	$	123,934

In the fourth quarter of 2015, we adopted ASU 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes, on a retrospective basis and therefore classify all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent, net on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis, in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. The adoption of ASU 2015-17 resulted in the reclassification of $182 million from current deferred tax assets of which $129 million increased noncurrent deferred tax assets and $54 million reduced noncurrent deferred tax liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014.

We pay U.S. income taxes on the earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries unless the subsidiaries’ earnings are considered permanently reinvested outside the United States. To the extent that the non-U.S. earnings previously treated as permanently reinvested are repatriated, the related U.S. tax liability may be reduced by any non-U.S. income taxes paid on these earnings. As of December 31, 2015, no provision has been made for the United States federal and state income taxes on certain outside basis differences, which primarily relate to accumulated unrepatriated foreign earnings of approximately $235 million. It is not practicable to estimate the unrecognized deferred tax liability for these earnings, as this liability is dependent upon future tax planning strategies.

As of December 31, 2015, we had U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) of approximately $944 million, which will expire between 2020 and 2035. Approximately $251 million of the total net operating loss carryforwards is attributable to excess tax deductions related to employee stock awards, the benefit from which will be credited to additional paid-in capital when subsequently utilized in future years. Additionally, we have research tax credit carryforwards of approximately $26 million, which will expire between 2020 and 2035 and a $21 million Alternative Minimum Tax (“AMT”) credit carry forward that does not expire. As a result of an ownership change during 2015 (as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) which imposes an annual limit on the ability of a corporation to use certain tax attributes), all of the U.S. tax NOLs and credit carryforwards are subject to an annual limitation on their ability to be utilized. However, we expect that Section 382 will not limit our ability to fully realize the tax benefits. We had $80 million of deferred tax assets for NOL carryforwards related to certain non U.S. taxing jurisdictions that are primarily from countries with indefinite carryforward periods.

We regularly review our deferred tax assets for recoverability and a valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets, we considered all available positive and negative evidence, including our ability to carry back operating losses to prior periods, the reversal of deferred tax liabilities, tax planning strategies and projected future taxable income. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance against our U.S. deferred tax assets, we also gave specific consideration to goodwill and intangible impairment charges recorded in the last three years (see Note 5, Goodwill and Intangible Assets) and the charges for the settlement of the litigation with AMR (see Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies). Considering these factors, we established and maintained a valuation allowance against our U.S. deferred tax assets which totaled $86 million as of December 31, 2013. At December 31, 2014, as a result of the sale of our Travelocity business and the forecast of income from continuing operations, we determined it was more likely than not that future earnings will be sufficient to utilize certain U.S. deferred tax assets. Accordingly, we reversed the U.S. valuation allowance resulting in a non-cash income tax benefit of $82 million. For non-U.S. deferred tax assets of our lastminute.com subsidiaries, we maintained a valuation allowance of $81 million and $160 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. We reassess these assumptions regularly which could cause an increase or decrease to the valuation allowance. This could result in an increase or decrease in the effective tax rate which could materially impact our results of operations.

It is our policy to recognize penalties and interest accrued related to income taxes as a component of the provision for income taxes. During the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, we recognized expense (benefit) of $3 million, $(3) million and $1 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, we had cumulative accrued interest and penalties of approximately $17 million and $2 million, respectively.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Balance at beginning of year	$	58,616		$	61,241		$	54,016
Additions for tax positions taken in the current year	8,252			4,565			10,874
Additions for tax positions of prior years	(786		)	2,259			5,572
Additions for tax positions from acquisitions	11,343			—			—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(4,599		)	(43		)	(196		)
Reductions for tax positions of expired statute of limitations	(3,456		)	(2,439		)	(3,573		)
Settlements	(624		)	(6,967		)	(5,452		)
Balance at end of year	$	68,746		$	58,616		$	61,241

We present unrecognized tax benefits as a reduction to a deferred tax assets for net operating losses, similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward that is available to settle additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position, presuming disallowance at the reporting date. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits that were offset against deferred tax assets was $46 million and $40 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

As of December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate was $69 million, $56 million and $58 million, respectively. We believe that it is reasonably possible that $1 million in unrecognized tax benefits may be resolved in the next twelve months.

We are subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax of multiple state, local, and non U.S. jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, we are subject to examination by taxing authorities throughout the world. In 2014, the Internal Revenue Service commenced the examination of our federal income tax returns for the 2011 and 2013 tax years. We do not expect that the results of this examination will have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations. The U.S. federal statute of limitations is closed for years prior to 2007. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to state, local, or non U.S. tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2007.

Tax Receivable Agreement

Immediately prior to the closing of our initial public offering in April 2014, we entered into a tax receivable agreement (“TRA”) that provides the right to receive future payments by us to stockholders and equity award holders that were our stockholders and equity award holders, respectively, immediately prior to the closing of our initial public offering (collectively, the “Pre-IPO Existing Stockholders”). The future payments will equal 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal income tax that we and our subsidiaries realize as a result of the utilization of certain tax assets attributable to periods prior to our initial public offering, including federal net operating losses (“NOLs”), capital losses and the ability to realize tax amortization of certain intangible assets (collectively, the “Pre-IPO Tax Assets”). Consequently, stockholders who are not Pre-IPO Existing Stockholders will only be entitled to the economic benefit of the Pre-IPO Tax Assets to the extent of our continuing 15% interest in those assets. These payment obligations are our obligations and not obligations of any of our subsidiaries. The actual utilization of the Pre-IPO Tax Assets, as well as the timing of any payments under the TRA, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the amount, character and timing of our and our subsidiaries’ taxable income in the future.

Based on current tax laws and assuming that we and our subsidiaries earn sufficient taxable income to realize the full tax benefits subject to the TRA, we estimate that future payments under the TRA relating to the Pre-IPO Tax Assets to total $387 million. The estimate of future payments considers the impact of Section 382 of the Code which imposes an annual limit on the ability of a corporation that undergoes an ownership change to use its net operating loss carryforwards to reduce its liability. We do not anticipate any material limitations on our ability to utilize NOLs under Section 382 of the Code. We expect future payments under the TRA to be made over the next five years with no material payments occurring before 2017. Payments under the TRA are not conditioned upon the parties’ continuing ownership of the company. The TRA liability of $387 million as of December 31, 2015 is included in other noncurrent liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet.

We recognized an initial liability in respect of the TRA of $321 million after considering the valuation allowance of $66 million recorded against the Pre-IPO Tax Assets for the payments to be made under the TRA. The TRA liability was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital and an increase to other noncurrent liabilities. No payments have been made under the TRA during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. Any payments made under the TRA will be classified as a financing activity in our statement of cash flows. Changes in the utility of the Pre-IPO Tax Assets will impact the amount of the liability recorded in respect of the TRA. Changes in the utility of these Pre-IPO Tax Assets are recorded in income tax expense and any changes in the obligation under the TRA are recorded in other expense. In connection with the change in our valuation allowance and corresponding increase in our TRA liability to $387 million, we recognized a $66 million charge in other, net in the fourth quarter of 2014. There were no changes to the TRA liability during the year ended December 31, 2015.

Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, our outstanding debt included in our consolidated balance sheets totaled $3,360 million and $3,062 million, respectively, net of debt issuance costs of $30 million and $21 million, respectively, and unamortized discounts of $6 million and $13 million, respectively. The following table sets forth the face values of our outstanding debt as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



			December 31,
	Rate	Maturity	2015			2014
Senior secured credit facilities:
Term Loan B	L + 3.00%	February 2019	$	1,721,750		$	1,739,500
Incremental term loan facility	L + 3.00%	February 2019	342,125			345,625
Term Loan C	L + 2.50%	December 2017	49,313			49,313
Revolver, $370 million	L + 3.25%	February 2019	—			—
Revolver, $35 million	L + 3.25%	February 2018	—			—
Senior unsecured notes due 2016	8.35%	March 2016	165,000			400,000
Senior secured notes due 2019	8.50%	May 2019	—			480,000
5.375% senior secured notes due 2023	5.375%	April 2023	530,000			—
5.25% senior secured notes due 2023	5.25%	November 2023	500,000			—
Mortgage facility	5.80%	March 2017	80,984			82,168
Capital lease obligations			6,502			—
Face value of total debt outstanding			3,395,674			3,096,606
Less current portion of debt outstanding			(190,687		)	(22,435		)
Face value of long-term debt outstanding			$	3,204,987		$	3,074,171

In the fourth quarter of 2015, we adopted ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, and therefore present debt issuance costs as a reduction to long-term debt in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. Debt issuance costs are amortized to interest expense over the term of the associated debt arrangement.

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

Our senior secured credit facilities, as amended (“Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), consist of term loans of $1,775 million (“Term Loan B”), $350 million (“Incremental Term Loan Facility”) and $425 million (the “Term Loan C”). The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement also provides for a revolving credit facility totaling $405 million, of which $370 million expires in February 2019 (“Extended Revolver”) and $35 million expires in February 2018 (“Unextended Revolver,” collectively, the “Revolver”). We had no outstanding balance under the Extended or Unextended Revolver as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. We had outstanding letters of credit totaling $25 million and $47 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which reduce our overall credit capacity under the Revolver.

Sabre GLBL obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are guaranteed by Sabre Holdings and each of Sabre GLBL’s wholly-owned material domestic subsidiaries, except unrestricted subsidiaries. We refer to these guarantors together with Sabre GLBL, as the Loan Parties. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is secured by (i) a first priority security interest on the equity interests in Sabre GLBL and each other Loan Party that is a direct subsidiary of Sabre GLBL or another Loan Party, (ii) 65% of the issued and outstanding voting (and 100% of the non-voting) equity interests of each wholly-owned material foreign subsidiary of Sabre GLBL that is a direct subsidiary of Sabre GLBL or another Loan Party, and (iii) a blanket lien on substantially all of the tangible and intangible assets of the Loan Parties.

Under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Loan Parties are subject to certain customary non-financial covenants, as well as a maximum Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, which applies if our Revolver utilization exceeds certain thresholds and is calculated as Senior Secured Debt (net of cash) to EBITDA, as defined by the agreement. This ratio was 5.0 to 1.0 for 2014 and is 4.5 to 1.0 for 2015. The definition of EBITDA is based on a trailing twelve months EBITDA adjusted for certain items including non-recurring expenses and the pro forma impact of cost saving initiatives. As of December 31, 2015, we are in compliance with all covenants under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

Principal Payments

Term Loan B and the Incremental Term Loan Facility mature on February 19, 2019, and require principal payments in equal quarterly installments of 0.25%. Term Loan C matures on December 31, 2017. As a result of the April 2014 prepayment, quarterly principal payments on Term Loan C are no longer required. We are obligated to pay $17 million on September 30, 2017 and the remaining balance on December 31, 2017. For the year ended December 31, 2015, we made $21 million of principal payments.

We are also required to pay down the term loans by an amount equal to 50% of annual excess cash flow, as defined in our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. This percentage requirement may decrease or be eliminated if certain leverage ratios are achieved. Based on our results for the year ended December 31, 2015, we are not required to make an excess cash flow payment in 2016. In the event of certain asset sales or borrowings, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement requires that we pay down the term loans with the resulting proceeds. Subject to the repricing premium discussed above, we may repay the indebtedness at any time prior to the maturity dates without penalty.

Interest

Borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate equal to either, at our option: (i) the Eurocurrency rate plus an applicable margin for Eurocurrency borrowings as set forth below, or (ii) a base rate determined by the highest of (1) the prime rate of Bank of America, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2% or (3) LIBOR plus 1.00%, plus an applicable margin for base rate borrowings as set forth below. The Eurocurrency rate is based on LIBOR for all U.S. dollar borrowings and has a floor. We have elected the three-month LIBOR as the floating interest rate on all of our outstanding term loans. Interest payments are due on the last day of each quarter. Interest on a portion of the outstanding loan is hedged with interest rate swaps (see Note 9, Derivatives).



	Eurocurrency borrowings		Base rate borrowings
	Applicable Margin⁽¹⁾	Floor	Applicable Margin	Floor
Term Loan B, prior to Repricing Amendments	4.00%	1.25%	3.00%	2.25%
Term Loan B, subsequent to Repricing Amendments	3.25%	1.00%	2.25%	2.00%
Incremental term loan facility	3.50%	1.00%	2.50%	2.00%
Term Loan C	3.00%	1.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Revolver, $370 million	3.00%	N/A	2.00%	N/A
Revolver, $35 million	3.75%	N/A	2.75%	N/A

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(1)	Applicable margins do not reflect potential step downs which are determined by the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. See below for additional information.

Applicable margins for Term Loan B and the Extended Revolver step down 25 basis points for any quarter if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00. Applicable margins for all other borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement step down by 50 basis points for any quarter if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.0 to 1.0. Applicable margins increase to maintain a difference of not more than 50 basis points relative to future term loan extensions or refinancings. In addition, we are required to pay a quarterly commitment fee of 0.375% per annum for unused revolving commitments. The commitment fee may increase to 0.5% per annum if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.0 to 1.0.

Our effective interest rates on borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, inclusive of amounts charged to interest expense, are as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Including the impact of interest rate swaps	4.48	%	5.43	%	6.86	%
Excluding the impact of interest rate swaps	4.48	%	4.89	%	6.21	%

Extinguishments and Amendments

In April 2014, we completed an initial public offering of our common stock and utilized the net proceeds to repay (i) $296 million aggregate principal amount of our Term Loan C and (ii) $320 million aggregate principal amount of our senior secured notes due 2019 (“2019 Notes”) at a redemption price of 108.5% of the principal amount. As a result of the prepayments on Term Loan C and the 2019 Notes, we recorded an extinguishment loss of $31 million which includes a $27 million redemption premium on the 2019 Notes.

In February 2014, we entered into a series of amendments to our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Repricing Amendments”) which, among other amendments, reduced the applicable interest margins for Term Loan B and certain portions of the Revolver. The Repricing Amendments also extended the maturity date of the Extended Revolver and increased the availability under the Revolver from $352 million to $405 million. As a result of the Repricing Amendments, we recorded a $3 million loss on the extinguishment of debt.

In 2013, we amended and restated our senior secured credit facilities to replace our then existing initial term loans with new classes of term loans. We also entered into an agreement for an incremental term loan facility to Term Loan B which provided total net proceeds of $350 million due February 2019. As a result of the amendment and restatement of our senior secured credit facilities, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $12 million.

Senior Secured Notes due 2023

In April 2015, we issued $530 million senior secured notes due in April 2023 with a stated interest rate of 5.375% and received proceeds of $522 million, net of underwriting fees and commissions. We used the proceeds to redeem all of the $480 million principal of the 2019 Notes, pay the 6.375% redemption premium of $31 million and a make whole premium of $2 million, resulting in an extinguishment loss of $33 million. The remaining proceeds, combined with cash on hand, were used to pay accrued but unpaid interest of $19 million.

In November 2015, we issued $500 million senior secured notes due in 2023 with a stated interest rate of 5.25%. The net proceeds of $494 million, net of underwriting fees and commissions, were used to repay $235 million of the $400 million 2016 Notes (as defined below), pay a $5 million make-whole premium on the 2016 Notes and pay $5 million of accrued but unpaid interest. In addition, we used the net proceeds to repurchase 3,400,000 shares of our common stock totaling $99 million. The excess net proceeds, together with cash on hand, were applied to fund the acquisition of the Trust Group, which was completed in January 2016. As a result of the prepayment on the 2016 Notes, we recorded an extinguishment loss of $6 million, which includes $1 million of unamortized discount and the make-whole premium.

The senior secured notes due 2023 were issued by Sabre GLBL and are guaranteed by Sabre Holdings and each of Sabre GLBL’s existing and subsequently acquired or organized subsidiaries that are borrowers under or guarantors of our senior secured credit facilities. The senior secured notes due 2023 are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all present and after acquired property and assets of Sabre GLBL and the guarantors of the notes, which also constitutes collateral securing indebtedness under our senior secured facilities on a first priority basis.

Senior Unsecured Notes due 2016

As of December 31, 2015, we have, at face value, $165 million in senior unsecured notes currently bearing interest at a rate of 8.35% and maturing on March 15, 2016 (“2016 Notes”). In December 2015, we repaid $235 million in aggregate principal on the 2016 Notes with proceeds from the issuance of the 5.25% senior secured notes due in 2023. The 2016 Notes include certain non-financial covenants, including restrictions on incurring certain types of debt, entering into certain sale and leaseback transactions. We issued the 2016 Notes in March 2006 and used all of the net proceeds plus available cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities to prepay $400 million of a bridge facility used to finance the acquisition of lastminute.com. As of December 31, 2015, we are in compliance with all covenants under the indenture for the 2016 Notes.

Mortgage Facility

We have $81 million outstanding under a mortgage facility for the buildings, land and furniture and fixtures located at our headquarters facilities in Southlake, Texas. The mortgage facility bears interest at a rate of 5.7985% per annum and matures on April 1, 2017. The mortgage facility includes certain customary non-financial covenants, including restrictions on incurring liens other than permitted liens, dissolving the borrower or changing our business, forgiving debt, changing our principal place of business and transferring the property. As of December 31, 2015, we are in compliance with all covenants under the mortgage facility.

Aggregate Maturities

As of December 31, 2015, aggregate maturities of our long-term debt were as follows (in thousands):



	Amount
Years Ending December 31,
2016	$	190,687
2017	152,095
2018	21,745
2019	2,000,191
2020	956
Thereafter	1,030,000
Total	$	3,395,674

Derivatives

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives

Hedging Objectives—We are exposed to certain risks relating to ongoing business operations. The primary risks managed by using derivative instruments are foreign currency exchange rate risk and interest rate risk. Forward contracts on various foreign currencies are entered into to manage the foreign currency exchange rate risk on operational exposure denominated in foreign currencies. Interest rate swaps are entered into to manage interest rate risk associated with our floating-rate borrowings. In accordance with authoritative guidance on accounting for derivatives and hedging, we designate foreign currency forward contracts as cash flow hedges on operational exposure and interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges of floating-rate borrowings.

Cash Flow Hedging Strategy—To protect against the reduction in value of forecasted foreign currency cash flows, we hedge portions of our revenues and expenses denominated in foreign currencies with forward contracts. For example, when the dollar strengthens significantly against the foreign currencies, the decline in present value of future foreign currency expense is offset by losses in the fair value of the forward contracts designated as hedges. Conversely, when the dollar weakens, the increase in the present value of future foreign currency expense is offset by gains in the fair value of the forward contracts.

We enter into interest rate swap agreements to manage interest rate risk exposure. The interest rate swap agreements modify our exposure to interest rate risk by converting floating-rate debt to a fixed rate basis, thus reducing the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense and net earnings. These agreements involve the receipt of floating rate amounts in exchange for fixed rate interest payments over the life of the agreements without an exchange of the underlying principal amount.

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”) and reclassified into earnings in the same line item associated with the forecasted transaction and in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The remaining gain or loss on the derivative instrument in excess of the cumulative change in the present value of future cash flows of the hedged item, if any (ineffective portion), and hedge components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness, are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations during the current period. Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments are carried at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in the consolidated statement of operations.

Forward Contracts—In order to hedge our operational exposure to foreign currency movements, we are a party to certain foreign currency forward contracts that extend until December 2016. We have designated these instruments as cash flow hedges. No hedging ineffectiveness was recorded in earnings relating to the forward contracts during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. As of December 31, 2015, we estimate that $2 million in losses will be reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings as the outstanding contracts settle.

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, we had the following unsettled purchased foreign currency forward contracts that were entered into to hedge our operational exposure to foreign currency movements (in thousands, except for average contract rates):



December 31, 2015 Outstanding Notional Amount
Buy Currency	Sell Currency	Foreign Amount	USD Amount	Average Contract Rate
US Dollar	Australian Dollar	2,080	1,570	0.7548
US Dollar	Euro	2,870	3,169	1.1042
Australian Dollar	US Dollar	1,260	939	0.7452
Euro	US Dollar	2,870	3,122	1.0878
British Pound Sterling	US Dollar	18,075	27,415	1.5167
Indian Rupee	US Dollar	1,880,500	27,736	0.0147
Polish Zloty	US Dollar	226,500	59,120	0.2610



December 31, 2014 Outstanding Notional Amount
Buy Currency	Sell Currency	Foreign Amount	USD Amount	Average Contract Rate
US Dollar	Australian Dollar	6,750	5,838	0.8649
Euro	US Dollar	30,200	38,777	1.2840
British Pound Sterling	US Dollar	22,950	37,343	1.6271
Indian Rupee	US Dollar	1,205,000	18,748	0.0156
Polish Zloty	US Dollar	171,000	52,821	0.3089

Interest Rate Swap Contracts—Interest rate swaps outstanding and matured during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:



	Notional Amount	Interest Rate Received	Interest Rate Paid	Effective Date	Maturity Date
Outstanding:	$750 million	1 month LIBOR	1.48%	December 31, 2015	December 30, 2016
	$750 million	1 month LIBOR	2.19%	December 30, 2016	December 29, 2017
	$750 million	1 month LIBOR	2.61%	December 29, 2017	December 31, 2018
Matured:	$400 million	1 month LIBOR	2.03%	July 29, 2011	September 30, 2014
	$350 million	1 month LIBOR	2.51%	April 30, 2012	September 30, 2014

In December 2014, we entered into eight forward starting interest rate swaps to hedge interest payments associated with $750 million of floating-rate liabilities on the notional amounts of a portion of our senior secured debt. We have designated these interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges. The total notional amount outstanding is $750 million in each of 2015, 2016 and 2017. There was no material hedge ineffectiveness for the year ended December 31, 2015. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps is reported as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings in the same line item associated with the forecasted transaction and in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The fair value of these interest rate swaps is a $14 million liability at December 31, 2015, of which $4 million is included in other current liabilities and $10 million is included in other noncurrent liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet.

In January 2013, our then outstanding swaps, which matured on September 30, 2014, were not designated in a cash flow hedging relationship because we no longer qualified for hedge accounting treatment following the amendment and restatement of our senior secured credit facility in February 2013 (see Note 8, Debt). Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments are carried at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. The adjustments to fair value of our matured interest rate swaps for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were not material to our results of operations. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, we reclassified losses of $11 million ($7 million, net of tax) and $15 million ($9 million, net of tax), respectively, from OCI to interest expense related to the derivatives that no longer qualified for hedge accounting.

The estimated fair values of our derivatives designated as hedging instruments as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):



	Derivative Liabilities
		Fair Value as of December 31,
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments	Consolidated Balance Sheet Location	2015		2014
Foreign exchange contracts	Other accrued liabilities	$	1,759	$	8,475
Interest rate swaps	Other accrued liabilities	3,912		—
Interest rate swaps	Other noncurrent liabilities	9,822		1,401
		$	15,493	$	9,876

The effects of derivative instruments, net of taxes, on OCI for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are as follows (in thousands):



	Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivative, Effective Portion
	Year Ended December 31,
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	2015			2014			2013
Foreign exchange contracts	$	(5,505	)	$	(7,836	)	$	2,999
Interest rate swaps	(7,939		)	(961		)	—
Total (loss) gain	$	(13,444	)	$	(8,797	)	$	2,999



		Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Effective Portion
		Year Ended December 31,
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Income Statement Location	2015		2014		2013
Foreign exchange contracts	Cost of revenue	$	10,646	$	2,902	$	915

- Definition

The entire disclosure for derivative instruments and hedging activities including, but not limited to, risk management strategies, non-hedging derivative instruments, assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts.

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Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability. Guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures establishes a valuation hierarchy for disclosure of inputs used in measuring fair value defined as follows:

Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices that are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2—Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and quoted prices in non-active markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, and inputs that are not directly observable, but are corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3—Inputs that are unobservable and are supported by little or no market activity and reflect the use of significant management judgment.

The classification of a financial asset or liability within the hierarchy is determined based on the least reliable level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. In determining fair value, we utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible. We also consider the counterparty and our own non-performance risk in our assessment of fair value.

Assets and Liabilities that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

Available-for-sale Securities—We acquired equity securities of a publicly-traded non-U.S. entity as part of our acquisition of AIPL. The fair value of our available-for-sale securities is obtained from market quotes as of the last day of the period. Our available-for-sale securities are included in other assets in our consolidated balance sheets.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts—The fair value of the foreign currency forward contracts was estimated based upon pricing models that utilize Level 2 inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data such as currency spot and forward rates.

Interest Rate Swaps—The fair value of our interest rate swaps are estimated using a combined income and market-based valuation methodology based upon Level 2 inputs including credit ratings and forward interest rate yield curves obtained from independent pricing services reflecting broker market quotes.

Pension Plan Assets—See Note 14, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, for fair value information on our pension plan assets.

The following tables present the fair value of our assets (liabilities) that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



				Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
	December 31, 2015			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
Available-for-sale securities	$	36,711		$	36,711	$	—		$	—
Derivatives:
Foreign currency forward contracts	(1,759		)	—		(1,759		)	—
Interest rate swap contracts	(13,734		)	—		(13,734		)	—
Total	$	21,218		$	36,711	$	(15,493	)	$	—



				Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
	December 31, 2014			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
Derivatives:
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	(8,475	)	$	—	$	(8,475	)	$	—
Interest rate swap contracts	(1,401		)	—		(1,401		)	—
Total	$	(9,876	)	$	—	$	(9,876	)	$	—

There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 within the fair value hierarchy for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.

Assets that are Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

As described in Note 1, Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies, our impairment review of goodwill is performed annually, as of October 1 of each year. In addition, goodwill, property and equipment and intangible assets are reviewed for impairment if events and circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable.

The fair values used in our goodwill impairment analysis are estimated using a combined approach based upon discounted future cash flow projections and observed market multiples for comparable businesses. The cash flow projections are based upon Level 3 inputs, including risk adjusted discount rates, future booking and transaction volume levels, future price levels, rates of growth in our consumer and corporate direct booking businesses, rates of increase in operating expenses, cost of revenue and taxes. Additionally, in accordance with authoritative guidance on fair value measurements, we made a number of assumptions including market participants, the principal markets and highest and best use of the reporting units. In 2013, goodwill associated our discontinued Travelocity segment was impaired to a fair value of zero. See Note 5, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for impairment charges recognized in the years ended December 31, 2013 and a discussion of circumstance which led to the impairments.

Other Financial Instruments

The carrying value of our financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, and accounts receivable approximates their fair values. The fair values of our senior unsecured notes due 2016, senior secured notes due 2019, senior secured notes due 2023 and term loans under our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are determined based on quoted market prices for the identical liability when traded as an asset in an active market, a Level 1 input. The outstanding principal balance of our mortgage facility approximated its fair value as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. The fair values of the mortgage facility were determined based on estimates of current interest rates for similar debt, a Level 2 input.

The following table presents the fair value and carrying value of all our notes and term loans under our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



	Fair Value at December 31,				Carrying Value at December 31,
Financial Instrument	2015		2014		2015		2014
Term Loan B	$	1,705,609	$	1,718,843	$	1,716,048	$	1,732,101
Incremental term loan facility	339,559		341,737		342,125		345,625
Term Loan C	49,251		48,758		49,157		49,080
Senior unsecured notes due 2016	165,804		426,250		164,628		393,973
Senior secured notes due 2019	—		516,300		—		480,741
5.375% senior secured notes due 2023	528,013		—		530,000		—
5.25% senior secured notes due 2023	494,375		—		500,000		—

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The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity	12 Months Ended
Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity	Dec. 31, 2015
Equity [Abstract]
Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity	Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity Initial and Secondary Public Offerings On April 23, 2014, we closed our initial public offering of our common stock in which we sold 39,200,000 shares, and on April 25, 2014, the underwriters exercised in full their overallotment option which resulted in the sale of an additional 5,880,000 shares of our common stock. Our shares of common stock were sold at an initial public offering price of $16.00 per share, which generated $672 million of net proceeds from the offering after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. We used the net proceeds from this offering to repay (i) $296 million aggregate principal amount of our term loans and (ii) $320 million aggregate principal amount of our senior secured notes due in 2019 at a redemption price of 108.5% of the principal amount. We also used the net proceeds from our offering to pay the $27 million redemption premium and $13 million in accrued but unpaid interest on the senior secured notes due in 2019. We used the remaining portion of the net proceeds from our offering to pay a $21 million fee, in the aggregate, to TPG Global, LLC (“TPG”) and Silver Lake Management Company (“Silver Lake”) pursuant to a management services agreement (the “MSA”), which was thereafter terminated. During the year ended December 31, 2015, certain of our stockholders sold an aggregate of 103,970,000 shares of our common stock through secondary public offerings. In connection with one of these offerings, we repurchased 3,400,000 shares totaling $99 million from the underwriter of the offering. We did not receive any proceeds from the secondary public offerings. Redeemable Preferred Stock Prior to the closing of our initial public offering, we amended our Certificate of Incorporation and exercised our right to redeem all of our Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock. The amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation modified the redemption feature of the Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock to allow for settlement using cash, shares of our common stock or a mix of cash and shares of our common stock. Upon the closing of our initial public offering, we redeemed all of our outstanding shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, including accumulated but unpaid dividends, in exchange for 40,343,529 shares of our common stock, which were delivered pro rata to the holders thereof. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock accumulated dividends at an annual rate of 6%. No cash dividends were paid since the inception of the Series A Preferred Shares. Common Stock Dividends During the year ended December 31, 2015, we paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share of our common stock totaling $99 million. In the six months ended December 31, 2014, we paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share of our common stock totaling $48 million. No dividends were declared or paid in the six months ended June 30, 2014 or in the year ended December 31, 2013.

Equity-Based Awards

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Equity Based Awards

Equity-Based Awards

As of December 31, 2015, our outstanding equity-based compensation plans and agreements include the Sovereign Holdings, Inc. Management Equity Incentive Plan (“Sovereign MEIP”), the Sovereign Holdings, Inc. 2012 Management Equity Incentive Plan (“Sovereign 2012 MEIP”) and the Sabre Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2014 Omnibus Plan”). Our 2014 Omnibus Plan serves as successor to the Sovereign MEIP and Sovereign 2012 MEIP and provides for the issuance of stock options, restricted shares, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance-based RSU awards (“PSUs”), cash incentive compensation and other stock-based awards. Outstanding awards under the Sovereign MEIP and Sovereign 2012 MEIP continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of their respective plan.

We initially reserved 13,500,000 shares of our common stock for issuance under our 2014 Omnibus Plan. In addition, we added 2,956,465 shares that were reserved but not issued under the Sovereign MEIP and Sovereign 2012 MEIP plans to the 2014 Omnibus Plan reserves, for a total of 16,456,465 authorized shares of common stock for issuance. Time-based options granted under the 2014 Omnibus plan generally vest over a four year period with 25% vesting at the end of year one and the remaining vest quarterly thereafter. RSUs generally vest over a four year period with 25% vesting annually. PSUs generally vest over a four year period with 25% vesting annually dependent upon the achievement of certain company-based performance measures. Each reporting period, we assess the probability assumption and, if there is an adjustment, record the cumulative effect of the adjustment in the current reporting period. Options granted are exercisable up to 10 years. Stock-based compensation expense totaled $30 million, $20 million and $3 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Cash incentive compensation under the 2014 Omnibus Plan is provided through the Long-Term Stretch Program (“LTSP”) for certain senior executives and key employees. The LTSP provides for cash incentive compensation if certain company-based performance measures are achieved over the three-year period ending December 31, 2017. If these performance measures are achieved, the cash incentive to be received by the participants is determined in part by the average closing price of our common stock in January 2018. As of December 31, 2015, we do not consider the achievement of the performance measures to be probable and therefore have not accrued any amounts associated with the LTSP.

The fair value of the stock options granted was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Exercise price	$	22.64		$	16.82		$	11.91
Average risk-free interest rate	1.75		%	1.96		%	1.53		%
Expected life (in years)	6.11			6.11			6.11
Implied volatility	27.29		%	33.28		%	30.75		%
Dividend yield	1.60		%	2.14		%	—

The following table summarizes the stock option award activities under our outstanding equity based compensation plans and agreements for the year ended December 31, 2015.



			Weighted-Average
	Quantity		Exercise Price		Remaining Contractual Term (years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) ⁽¹⁾
Outstanding at December 31, 2014⁽²⁾	18,906,474		$	7.53	5.1	$	240,947
Granted	1,107,952		22.64
Exercised	(9,893,143	)	5.45
Cancelled	(155,751	)	12.26
Outstanding at December 31, 2015⁽²⁾	9,965,532		$	11.19	6.4	$	167,279
Vested and exercisable at December 31, 2015	6,242,589		$	8.04	5.2	$	124,425

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(1)	Aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying stock options awards and the closing price of our common stock of $27.97 on December 31, 2015.


(2)	Includes performance-based stock options granted in 2008 under the Sovereign MEIP. The vesting of these performance-based stock options was contingent upon a liquidity event which occurred in the first quarter of 2015. As a result of the liquidity event, we recognized expense of $3 million during the year ended December 31, 2015.

For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the total intrinsic value of stock options exercised totaled $199 million, $53 million and $9 million, respectively. The weighted-average fair values of options grants were $5.50, $4.65, and $3.89 during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, we have $15 million in unrecognized compensation expense associated with stock options that will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.02 years.

The following table summarizes the activities for our RSUs for the year ended December 31, 2015.



	Quantity		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2014	1,730,862		$	16.58
Granted	730,982		24.57
Vested	(443,666	)	16.51
Cancelled	(120,227	)	18.02
Unvested at December 31, 2015	1,897,951		$	19.58

The total fair value of RSUs vested, as of their respective vesting dates, was $10 million, $3 million, and $1 million during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, we have approximately $19 million in unrecognized compensation expense associated with RSUs that will be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.9 years.

The following table summarizes the activities for our PSUs for the year ended December 31, 2015.



	Quantity		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2014	1,696,907		$	13.65
Granted	985,645		22.15
Vested	(508,417	)	13.34
Cancelled	(54,219	)	15.94
Unvested at December 31, 2015	2,119,916		$	17.63

The total fair value of PSUs vested, as of their respective vesting dates, was $11 million and $6 million during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. There were no PSUs that vested during the year ended December 31, 2013. The recognition of compensation expense associated with PSUs is contingent upon the achievement of annual company-based performance measures. As of December 31, 2015, we had unrecognized compensation expense associated with PSUs of $12 million, $8 million and $5 million for the annual measurement periods ending December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Cancelled Travelocity Plans—During the years 2010 through 2012, we adopted various equity-based compensation plans associated with the equity of Travelocity.com LLC, a subsidiary related to our discontinued Travelocity segment. Under these plans, time-based stock options and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) were granted to certain key employees of the discontinued Travelocity segment. There were 1,484,530 and 18,119,884 of time-based stock options and SARs, respectively, outstanding under these plans as of December 31, 2013, all of which were cancelled in the second quarter of 2014. We recognized $7 million of expense at the cancellation date, representing the remaining unrecognized compensation expense of the awards, which is included in net income (loss) from discontinued operations. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we recognized $4 million of expense associated with these plans which is included in results of discontinued operations.

Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators used in the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (in thousands, expect per share data):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations	$	234,555	$	110,873	$	52,066
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	3,481		2,732		2,863
Preferred stock dividends	—		11,381		36,704
Net income from continuing operations available to common stockholders, basic and diluted	$	231,074	$	96,760	$	12,499
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding	273,139		238,633		178,125
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock awards	6,928		8,114		6,853
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	280,067		246,747		184,978
Basic earnings per share	$	0.85	$	0.41	$	0.07
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.83	$	0.39	$	0.07

Basic earnings per share are based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share are based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of all dilutive common stock equivalents during each period. The calculation of diluted weighted-average shares excludes the impact of 1 million common stock equivalents for each of the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. There were no common stock equivalents excluded in the calculation of diluted weighted-average shares for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

We sponsor the Sabre Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (“401(k) Plan”), which is a tax qualified defined contribution plan that allows tax deferred savings by eligible employees to provide funds for their retirement. We make a matching contribution equal to 100% of each pre-tax dollar contributed by the participant on the first 6% of eligible compensation. We recognized expenses related to the 401(k) Plan of $20 million, $18 million and $18 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

We sponsor the Sabre Inc. Legacy Pension Plan (“LPP”), which is a tax qualified defined benefit pension plan for employees meeting certain eligibility requirements. The LPP was amended to freeze pension benefit accruals as of December 31, 2005, and as a result, no additional pension benefits have been accrued since that date. In April 2008, we amended the LPP to add a lump sum optional form of payment which participants may elect when their plan benefits commence. The effect of the amendment was to decrease the projected benefit obligation by $34 million, which is being amortized over 23.5 years, representing the weighted average of the lump sum benefit period and the life expectancy of all plan participants. We also sponsor postretirement benefit plans for certain employees in Canada and Hong Kong.

We provide retiree life insurance benefits to certain employees who retired prior to January 1, 2001, and we subsidize a portion of the cost of retiree medical benefits for certain retirees and eligible employees hired prior to October 1, 2000. In February 2009, we amended our retiree medical plan to reduce the subsidies received by participants by 20% per year over the next 5 years, with no further subsidies beginning January 1, 2014. This amendment resulted in $57 million of negative prior service cost recorded in other comprehensive income that was amortized to operating expense over the remaining term which concluded in December 2013. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we recognized $12 million of amortization of prior service credit and $4 million of amortization of actuarial gain associated with this plan.

The following tables provide a reconciliation of the changes in the LPP’s benefit obligations and fair value of assets during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the unfunded status as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at January 1	$	(448,577	)	$	(396,461	)
Service cost	—			—
Interest cost	(19,097		)	(19,582		)
Actuarial gains (losses), net	22,669			(56,369		)
Benefits paid	24,489			23,835
Benefit obligation at December 31	$	(420,516	)	$	(448,577	)
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of assets at January 1	$	359,099		$	342,482
Actual return on plan assets	(8,024		)	36,252
Employer contributions	—			4,200
Benefits paid	(24,489		)	(23,835		)
Fair value of assets at December 31	$	326,586		$	359,099
Unfunded status at December 31	$	(93,930	)	$	(89,478	)

The net benefit obligation of $94 million and $89 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, is included in other noncurrent liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.

The amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of deferred taxes, associated with the LPP as of December 31, 2015, and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015			2014
Net actuarial loss	$	(105,017	)	$	(105,224	)
Prior service credit	14,262			15,178
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(90,755	)	$	(90,046	)

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit costs associated with the LPP and the principal assumptions used in the measurement of the LPP benefit obligations and net benefit costs for the three years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Interest cost	$	19,097		$	19,582		$	17,930
Expected return on plan assets	(21,117		)	(23,945		)	(23,635		)
Amortization of prior service credit	(1,432		)	(1,432		)	(1,432		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	7,045			4,920			7,383
Net cost (credit)	$	3,593		$	(875	)	$	246
Weighted-average discount rate used to measure benefit obligations	4.86		%	4.36		%	5.10		%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net benefit cost:
Discount rate	4.36		%	5.10		%	4.19		%
Expected return on plan assets	6.50		%	7.50		%	7.75		%

As a result of the freeze of pension benefit accruals under the LPP as of December 31, 2005, no assumption for future rate of compensation increase is necessary.

The following table provides the pre-tax amounts recognized in OCI, including the amortization of the actuarial loss and prior service credit, associated with the LPP for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):



Obligations Recognized in	Year Ended December 31,
Other Comprehensive Income	2015			2014			2013
Net actuarial loss (gain)	$	6,472		$	44,062		$	(43,787	)
Amortization of actuarial loss	(7,045		)	(4,920		)	(7,383		)
Amortization of prior service credit	1,432			1,432			1,432
Total loss (gain) recognized in other comprehensive income	$	859		$	40,574		$	(49,738	)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other comprehensive income	$	4,452		$	39,699		$	(49,492	)

For the LPP, we estimate that $4 million of actuarial loss, net of amortization of prior service credit, will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net periodic benefit cost in 2016.

Our overall investment strategy for the LPP is to provide and maintain sufficient assets to meet pension obligations both as an ongoing business, as well as in the event of termination, at the lowest cost consistent with prudent investment management, actuarial circumstances, and economic risk, while minimizing the earnings impact. Diversification is provided by using an asset allocation primarily between equity and debt securities in proportions expected to provide opportunities for reasonable long term returns with acceptable levels of investment risk. Fair values of the applicable assets are determined as follows:

Mutual Fund—The fair value of our mutual funds are estimated by using market quotes as of the last day of the period.

Common Collective Trusts—The fair value of our common collective trusts are estimated by using market quotes as of the last day of the period, quoted prices for similar securities and quoted prices in non-active markets.

Real Estate—The fair value of our real estate funds are derived from the fair value of the underlying real estate assets held by the funds. These assets are initially valued at cost and are reviewed periodically utilizing available market data to determine if the assets held should be adjusted.

The basis for the selected target asset allocation included consideration of the demographic profile of plan participants, expected future benefit obligations and payments, projected funded status of the plan and other factors. The target allocations for LPP assets are 38% global equities, 58% long duration fixed income, and 4% real estate. It is recognized that the investment management of the LPP assets has a direct effect on the achievement of its goal. As defined in Note 10, Fair Value Measurements, the following tables present the fair value of the LPP assets as of December 31, 2015, and 2014:



	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2015
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Common collective trusts:
Fixed income securities	$	—	$	180,717	$	—	$	180,717
Global equity securities	—		123,413		—		123,413
Money market mutual fund	5,148		—		—		5,148
Real estate	—		—		17,308		17,308
Total assets at fair value	$	5,148	$	304,130	$	17,308	$	326,586



	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2014
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Common collective trusts:
Fixed income securities	$	—	$	199,683	$	—	$	199,683
Global equity securities	—		139,493		—		139,493
Money market mutual fund	4,709		—		—		4,709
Real estate	—		—		15,214		15,214
Total assets at fair value	$	4,709	$	339,176	$	15,214	$	359,099

The following table provides a rollforward of plan assets valued using significant unobservable inputs (level 3), in thousands:



	Real Estate
Ending balance at December 31, 2013	$	21,714
Contributions	300
Net distributions	(8,712		)
Advisory fee	(245		)
Net investment income	989
Unrealized gain	1,159
Net realized gain	9
Ending balance at December 31, 2014	15,214
Contributions	608
Net distributions	(687		)
Advisory fee	(95		)
Net investment income	393
Unrealized gain	1,863
Net realized gain	12
Ending balance at December 31, 2015	$	17,308

We contributed $4 million and $3 million to fund the LPP during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. No contributions were made during the year ended December 31, 2015. Annual 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. Our funding practice with respect to the LPP is to contribute the minimum required contribution as defined by law while also maintaining an 80% funded status as defined by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Thus, past contributions are not always indicative of future contributions. Based on current assumptions, we do not expect to make any contributions to our defined benefit pension plans in 2016.

The expected long term rate of return on plan assets for each measurement date was selected after giving consideration to historical returns on plan assets, assessments of expected long term inflation and market returns for each asset class and the target asset allocation strategy. We do not anticipate the return of any plan assets to us in 2016.

We expect the LPP to make the following estimated future benefit payments (in thousands):



	Amount
2016	$	29,000
2017	29,000
2018	29,000
2019	28,000
2020	29,000
2021-2025	150,000

Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Related Party Transactions On March 30, 2007, we entered into a Management Services Agreement (the “MSA”) with affiliates of TPG and Silver Lake to provide us with management services. The MSA was terminated in conjunction with our initial public offering completed in April 2014. Pursuant to the MSA, we were required to pay monitoring fees of between $5 million and $7 million each year which were dependent on our consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for these services. In conjunction with our initial public offering, we paid TPG and Silver Lake, in the aggregate, a $21 million fee pursuant to the MSA. We recognized expenses of $2 million and $7 million related to the annual monitoring fee for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. We also reimbursed TPG and Silver Lake for out of pocket expenses incurred by them or their affiliates in connection with services provided pursuant to the MSA. These expenses were not material for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. For related party transactions with AIPL, a former equity method investment, refer to Note 4, Equity Method Investments.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Commitments

Our lease commitments include operating leases for certain facilities and capital leases for certain office equipment and other assets. Our capital leases are not significant. Certain of our operating lease agreements contain renewal options and/or payment escalations based on fixed annual increases, local consumer price index changes or market rental reviews. We recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. We lease approximately one million square feet of office space in 108 locations in 54 countries. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, we recognized rent expense of $28 million, $31 million and $33 million, respectively. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows (in thousands):



	Amount
2016	$	21,120
2017	19,204
2018	16,209
2019	12,821
2020	10,331
Thereafter	40,582
Total	$	120,267

Legal Proceedings

While certain legal proceedings and related indemnification obligations to which we are a party specify the amounts claimed, these claims may not represent reasonably possible losses. Given the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the ultimate outcome of these matters cannot be predicted at this time, nor can the amount of possible loss or range of loss, if any, be reasonably estimated, except in circumstances where an aggregate litigation accrual has been recorded for probable and reasonably estimable loss contingencies. A determination of the amount of accrual required, if any, for these contingencies is made after careful analysis of each matter. The required accrual may change in the future due to new information or developments in each matter or changes in approach such as a change in settlement strategy in dealing with these matters.

Antitrust Litigation and DOJ Investigation

American Airlines Antitrust Litigation (state and federal court claims)

In October 2012, we settled two outstanding state and federal lawsuits with American Airlines (“American”) relating to American’s participation in the Sabre GDS. The litigation, primarily involving breach of contract and antitrust claims, arose in January 2011 after American undertook certain marketing activities relating to its “Direct Connect” program (a method of providing its information and booking services directly to travel agents without using a GDS), and we de-preferenced American’s flight information on the GDS and modified certain fees for booking American flights in a manner we believe was permitted under the terms of our distribution and services agreement with American.

American alleged that we had taken anticompetitive actions. We denied American’s allegations and aggressively defended against these claims and pursued our own legal rights as warranted.

On October 30, 2012, we agreed to settlement terms in the state and federal lawsuits with American and, as a result of the terms of the settlement, renewed our distribution agreement with American for several years. We also entered into renewal agreements with American for Travelocity. Terms of the settlement and distribution agreements were approved by the court presiding over the restructuring procedures for American Airlines Group, Inc. (“AAG”), American’s parent company, pursuant to an order made final on December 20, 2012. The settlement agreement contains mutual releases of all claims by each party and neither party admitted any wrong doing on their part. In January 2014, we reached a long-term agreement with American to be the provider of the reservation system for the post-merged American and US Airways.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, we recognized a settlement charge of $222 million, net of tax, in our results of operations. The settlement charge reflected a multiple-element arrangement consisting of cash payments directly to American, payment credits to pay for technology services that we provide and an estimate of the fair value of other agreements entered into concurrently with the settlement agreement. The cash payments totaled $200 million, which were paid in two $100 million installments in the fourth quarters of 2012 and 2013. As of December 31, 2015, the remaining settlement liability and related deferred revenue totaled $35 million, of which $30 million is classified as current. The current portion of the settlement liability is reflected in litigation settlement liability and related deferred revenue and the noncurrent portion is included in other noncurrent liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

US Airways Antitrust Litigation

In April 2011, US Airways filed suit against us in federal court in the Southern District of New York, alleging violations of the Sherman Act Section 1 (anticompetitive agreements) and Section 2 (monopolization). The complaint was filed two months after we entered into a new distribution agreement with US Airways. In September 2011, the court dismissed all claims relating to Section 2. The claims that were not dismissed are claims brought under Section 1 of the Sherman Act that relate to our contracts with US Airways, which US Airways says contain anticompetitive provisions, and an alleged conspiracy with the other GDSs, allegedly to maintain the industry structure and not to compete for content. We strongly deny all of the allegations made by US Airways.

Document, fact and expert witness discovery is complete. Summary judgment motions were filed in April 2014 and in January 2015, the court issued a ruling eliminating a majority of the alleged damages as well as rejecting a request for injunctive relief. The injunctive relief sought by US Airways requested that the court require us to modify language in our customer contracts. The claims that have been dismissed to date are subject to appeal.

Based on the summary judgment ruling, the potential remaining range of single damages has been significantly reduced. In respect of all of the remaining claims, US Airways claims damages (before trebling) of either $45 million or $73 million. We believe these claims are based on faulty assumptions and analysis and therefore are highly overstated. In the event US Airways were to prevail on the merits of its claim, we believe any monetary damages awarded (before trebling) would be significantly less than either of US Airways’ proposed damage amounts. With respect to the remaining claims in this case, we believe that our business practices and contract terms are lawful, and we will continue to vigorously defend against the remaining claims.

In June 2015, US Airways filed a Second Amended Complaint that limited its request for relief for the remaining claims to an amount not to exceed twenty dollars (post-trebling), plus reasonable costs, attorneys’ fees and pre- and post-judgment interest, as well as declaratory relief with respect to those claims, including claims that we acted anticompetitively and maintained alleged market power.

In July 2015, we made an offer of judgment to US Airways, in which we offered to pay US Airways twenty dollars plus reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees incurred to date in an amount to be determined by the court. The offer of judgment provided for the entry of a judgment against us on all remaining claims without an admission of liability. US Airways rejected our offer of judgment. We filed a motion for entry of judgment requesting that the court enter judgment pursuant to the terms of our offer because it provides US Airways with complete relief on all remaining, available claims. US Airways responded that entry of judgment was not appropriate because our offer did not address US Airways’ claim for declaratory relief, which we contended was moot in light of, among other things, the fact that US Airways’ remaining claims relate to only an expired contract and a past alleged conspiracy. In September 2015, the court agreed with our position regarding declaratory relief, and dismissed US Airways’ request for declaratory judgment. The ruling left in place US Airways’ request for relief for twenty dollars (post-trebling), plus reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees, and any applicable pre- and post- judgment interest. We renewed our offer of judgment on the same terms as the earlier offer.

US Airways made a motion to amend its complaint to reinstate its claim for damages (before trebling) of either $45 million or $73 million. In December 2015, the court issued a ruling permitting US Airways to file a Third Amended Complaint reinstating its claim for damages (before trebling) of either $45 million or $73 million. However, the court’s December 2015 ruling also required US Airways to reimburse us for our costs and fees associated with certain legal proceedings during 2015 before it may file a Third Amended Complaint. In February 2016, the court ruled that US Airways may file a third amended complaint by March 10, 2016 provided it reimburses us $6 million for these costs and fees. To date, US Airways has not paid us this amount or filed its Third Amended Complaint.

Currently there is no trial date set for the remaining claims.

We believe that the claims associated with this case are not probable and therefore have not accrued any losses as of December 31, 2015. We have and will incur significant fees, costs and expenses for as long as the litigation is ongoing. In addition, litigation by its nature is highly uncertain and fraught with risk, and it is therefore difficult to predict the outcome of any particular matter, including changes to our business that may be required as a result of the litigation. If favorable resolution of the matter is not reached, any monetary damages are subject to trebling under the antitrust laws and US Airways would be eligible to be reimbursed by us for its reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees. Depending on the amount of any such judgment, if we do not have sufficient cash on hand, we may be required to seek private or public financing. We have not made any provisions or recorded any liability for the potential resolution of this matter. Depending on the outcome of the litigation, any of these consequences could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Department of Justice Investigation

On May 19, 2011, we received a civil investigative demand (“CID”) from the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) investigating alleged anticompetitive acts related to the airline distribution component of our business. We are fully cooperating with the DOJ investigation and are unable to make any prediction regarding its outcome. The DOJ is also investigating other companies that own GDSs, and has sent CIDs to other companies in the travel industry. Based on its findings in the investigation, the DOJ may (i) close the file, (ii) seek a consent decree to remedy issues it believes violate the antitrust laws, or (iii) file suit against us for violating the antitrust laws, seeking injunctive relief. If injunctive relief were granted, depending on its scope, it could affect the manner in which our airline distribution business is operated and potentially force changes to the existing airline distribution business model. Any of these consequences would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We have not received any communications from the DOJ regarding this matter in over two years; however, we have not been notified that this matter is closed.

Putative Class Action Lawsuit

In July 2015, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against us and two other GDSs, in the Federal District Court of New York, Southern Division. In January 2016, we filed a motion to dismiss all of the plaintiffs’ claims, which is pending before the court. The plaintiffs, who are asserting claims on behalf of a putative class of consumers in various states, are generally alleging that the GDSs conspired to, for example, negotiate for full content from the airlines, resulting in higher ticket prices for consumers, in violation of various federal and state laws. Although the amount of damages allegedly incurred by the plaintiffs has not been asserted to date, the plaintiffs are also seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. We may incur significant fees, costs and expenses for as long as this litigation is ongoing. We intend to vigorously defend against these claims.

Insurance Carriers

We have disputes against some of our insurance carriers for failing to reimburse defense costs incurred in the American Airlines antitrust litigation, which we settled in October 2012. Both carriers admitted there is coverage, but reserved their rights not to pay should we be found liable for certain of American Airlines’ allegations. Despite their admission of coverage, the insurers have only reimbursed us for a small portion of our significant defense costs. We filed suit against the entities in New York state court alleging breach of contract and a statutory cause of action for failure to promptly pay claims. If we prevail, we may recover some or all amounts already tendered to the insurance companies for payment within the limits of the policies and may be entitled to 18% interest on such amounts, all of which will be recorded in the period cash is received. To date, settlement discussions have been unsuccessful. Discovery has been closed, and we expect that summary judgment briefing will be completed in the first half of 2016.

Indian Income Tax Litigation

We are currently a defendant in income tax litigation brought by the Indian Director of Income Tax (“DIT”) in the Supreme Court of India. The dispute arose in 1999 when the DIT asserted that we have a permanent establishment within the meaning of the Income Tax Treaty between the United States and the Republic of India and accordingly issued tax assessments for assessment years ending March 1998 and March 1999, and later issued further tax assessments for assessment years ending March 2000 through March 2006. We appealed the tax assessments and the Indian Commissioner of Income Tax Appeals returned a mixed verdict. We filed further appeals with the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (“ITAT”). The ITAT ruled in our favor on June 19, 2009 and July 10, 2009, stating that no income would be chargeable to tax for assessment years ending March 1998 and March 1999, and from March 2000 through March 2006. The DIT appealed those decisions to the Delhi High Court, which found in our favor on July 19, 2010. The DIT has appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of India and no trial date has been set.

In addition, Sabre Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (“SAPPL”), formerly AIPL, is currently a defendant in similar income tax litigation brought by the DIT. The dispute arose when the DIT asserted that SAPPL has a permanent establishment within the meaning of the Income Tax Treaty between Singapore and India and accordingly issued tax assessments for assessment years ending March 2000 through March 2005. SAPPL appealed the tax assessments, and the Indian Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) returned a mixed verdict. SAPPL filed further appeals with the ITAT. The ITAT ruled in SAPPL’s favor, finding that no income would be chargeable to tax for assessment years ending March 2000 through March 2005. The DIT appealed those decisions to the Delhi High Court. No hearing date has been set. The DIT also assessed taxes on a similar basis for assessment years ending March 2006 through March 2011, which are pending before the ITAT.

If the DIT were to fully prevail on every claim against us, including SAPPL, we could be subject to taxes, interest and penalties of approximately $41 million as of December 31, 2015. We and SAPPL intend to continue to aggressively defend against each of the foregoing claims. Although we do not believe that the outcome of the proceedings will result in a material impact on our business or financial condition, litigation is by its nature uncertain. We do not believe this outcome is probable and therefore have not made any provisions or recorded any liability for the potential resolution of any of these claims.

Indian Service Tax Litigation

SAPPL is also subject to litigation by the India Director General (Service Tax) ("DGST"), which has assessed the subsidiary for multiple years related to its alleged failure to pay service tax on marketing fees and reimbursements of expenses. Indian courts have returned verdicts favorable to the Indian subsidiary. The DGST has appealed the verdict to the Indian Supreme Court. No provision has been recorded for this matter as we believe we will ultimately prevail.

Litigation and Administrative Audit Proceedings Relating to Hotel Occupancy Taxes

On January 23, 2015, we sold Travelocity.com to Expedia. Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement with Expedia (the “Travelocity Purchase Agreement”), we will continue to be liable for pre-closing liabilities of Travelocity, including fees, charges, costs and settlements relating to litigation arising from hotels booked on the Travelocity platform prior to our previous long-term strategic marketing agreement with Expedia (the “Expedia SMA”). Fees, charges, costs and settlements relating to litigation from hotels booked on Travelocity.com subsequent to the Expedia SMA and prior to the date of the sale of Travelocity.com will be shared with Expedia in accordance with the terms that were in the Expedia SMA. We are jointly and severally liable for Travelocity’s indemnification obligations under the Travelocity Purchase Agreement for liabilities that may arise out of these litigation matters, which could adversely affect our cash flow.

In recent years, various state and local governments in the United States have filed approximately 70 lawsuits against us and other OTAs pertaining primarily to whether our discontinued Travelocity segment and other OTAs owe sales or occupancy taxes on the revenues they earned from facilitating hotel reservations, where the customer paid us an amount at the time of booking that included (i) service fees, which we collected and retained, and (ii) the price of the hotel room and amounts for occupancy or other local taxes, which we passed along to the hotel supplier. The complaints generally allege, among other things, that the defendants failed to pay to the relevant taxing authority hotel occupancy taxes on the service fees. Courts have dismissed approximately 30 of these lawsuits, some for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and some on the basis that we are not subject to sales or occupancy tax. The Fourth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits of the United States Courts of Appeals each have ruled in our favor on the merits, as have state appellate courts in Missouri, Alabama, Texas, California, Kentucky, Florida, Colorado and Pennsylvania, and a number of state and federal trial courts. The remaining lawsuits are in various stages of litigation. We have also settled some cases individually, most for amounts not material to our results of operations, and with respect to these settlements, have generally reserved our rights to challenge any effort by the applicable tax authority to impose occupancy taxes in the future.

We have received recent favorable decisions pertaining to cases in Florida, North Dakota, North Carolina, California, Montana, Arizona and Colorado. In Florida, Travelocity has been named as a defendant in several proceedings and lawsuits brought by cities and counties in Florida, including the Counties of Leon, Broward, Osceola, and Volusia; and the City of Miami. The suits brought by Leon County and Broward County have been decided on the merits, and both were decided in favor of Travelocity and other OTAs. On February 28, 2013 and February 12, 2014, respectively, those decisions were affirmed by the intermediate court of appeals. On June 11, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the Leon County judgment in favor of Travelocity and other OTAs, ruling they are not subject to state or local taxes that apply to the renting, leasing, or letting of hotel rooms. Separately, on December 9, 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida denied review of Broward County’s appeal, citing its earlier decision in the Leon County case. On July 9, 2015, a district court in North Dakota ruled that Travelocity and other OTAs are not engaged in the business of leasing or renting hotel accommodations and thus are not subject to the City of Fargo’s hotel tax. On August 19, 2014, the North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment in favor of Travelocity and other OTAs after concluding they are not operators of hotels, motel or similar-type businesses and therefore are not subject to hotel occupancy tax. On May 28, 2014, an administrative hearing officer in Arizona ruled that Travelocity is not responsible for collecting or remitting local hotel taxes and set aside assessments made by twelve municipalities, including Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Tucson. Those municipalities have appealed the decision to state court. On March 27, 2014, a California court of appeals upheld a trial court ruling that OTAs, including Travelocity, are not subject to the City of San Diego’s transient occupancy tax because they are not hotel operators or managing agents. That case is now pending before the Supreme Court of California. The California court of appeals’ decision marked the third time that a California appellate court has ruled in favor of Travelocity on the question of whether OTAs are subject to transient occupancy taxes in California, the prior two cases being brought by the City of Anaheim and City of Santa Monica. Travelocity also has prevailed at the trial court level in cases brought by San Francisco and Los Angeles, both of which are being appealed by the cities. On March 6, 2014, a Montana trial court ruled by summary judgment that Travelocity and other OTAs are not subject to the State of Montana’s lodging facility use tax or its sales tax on accommodations and vehicles. On August 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Montana affirmed the trial court’s decision that Travelocity is not subject to the lodging facility use tax, but concluded that Travelocity’s service fees are subject to sales tax on accommodations and vehicles. On July 3, 2014, the Colorado Court of Appeals entered judgment that Travelocity and OTAs are not liable for lodging taxes as claimed by the City of Denver. The City of Denver has appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Colorado.

Although we have prevailed in the majority of these lawsuits and proceedings, there have been several adverse judgments or decisions on the merits, some of which are subject to appeal. On April 3, 2014, the Supreme Court of Wyoming affirmed a decision by the Wyoming State Board of Equalization that Travelocity and other OTAs are subject to sales tax on lodging. Similarly, on July 23, 2015, a court of appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the District of Columbia on its claim that Travelocity and other OTAs are subject to the District of Columbia hotel occupancy tax. As a result, we paid $6 million to the District in the third quarter of 2015, most of which was previously accrued. We did not record material charges associated with these cases during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

On April 4, 2013, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (“W.D.T.”) entered a final judgment against Travelocity and other OTAs in a class action lawsuit filed by the City of San Antonio. The final judgment was based on a jury verdict from October 30, 2009 that the OTAs “control” hotels for purposes of city hotel occupancy taxes. Following that jury verdict, on July 1, 2011, the W.D.T. concluded that fees charged by the OTAs are subject to hotel occupancy taxes and that the OTAs have a duty to collect and remit these taxes. We disagree with the jury’s finding and with the W.D.T.’s conclusions based on the jury finding, and intend to appeal the final judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The verdict against us, including penalties and interest, is $4 million, which we do not believe we will ultimately pay and therefore have not accrued any loss related to this case.

We believe the Fifth Circuit’s resolution of the San Antonio appeal may be affected by a separate Texas state appellate court decision in our favor. On October 26, 2011, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the OTAs in a case brought by the City of Houston and the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority on a similarly worded tax ordinance as the one at issue in the San Antonio case. The Texas Supreme Court denied the City of Houston’s petition to review the case. We believe this decision should provide persuasive authority to the Fifth Circuit in its review of the San Antonio case.

On March 17, 2015, the Supreme Court of Hawaii issued a decision affirming in part and reversing in part a final judgment entered by the Hawaii Tax Appeal Court. In that case, the Tax Appeal Court had ruled that Travelocity and other OTAs are not subject to Hawaii’s transient accommodation tax, but also had ruled in favor of the State of Hawaii on the issue of whether the state’s general excise tax, which is assessed on all business activity in the state, applies to hotel bookings, in which we were the merchant of record for credit card processing for travel accommodations, for the period 2002 to 2011.

The State of Hawaii appealed the Tax Appeal Court’s decision that Travelocity is not subject to transient accommodation tax, and Travelocity appealed the decision that we are subject to general excise tax. On March 17, 2015, the Supreme Court of Hawaii issued its decision affirming that Travelocity is not subject to transient accommodation tax, affirming that Travelocity is subject to general excise tax, and reversing the Tax Appeal Court’s decision that Travelocity is liable for general excise tax on the gross receipts collected from customers. Instead, the Hawaii Supreme Court held Travelocity is liable for general excise tax only on its own service fees. On March 27, 2015, the State of Hawaii filed a motion for reconsideration, which was denied.

The original proceeding in the Hawaii Supreme Court involved all merchant model hotel bookings for the period 2002 to 2011. While that appeal was pending, the State also issued additional assessments of general excise tax, interest, and penalties for merchant model hotel bookings for 2012; merchant model car reservations for the period 2004-2012; and combined merchant model hotel and car reservations for 2013. Further, notwithstanding the Tax Appeal Court’s ruling that Travelocity is not subject to transient accommodation tax, the State issued additional transient accommodation tax assessments for 2012 and 2013. Travelocity has appealed all of the additional assessments to the Tax Appeal Court, which initially stayed the assessments pending the Hawaii Supreme Court’s final decision on the original assessments. Those stays have now been lifted. On January 25, 2016, the State issued additional assessments for general excise tax alleged to be owed on agency model hotel and car rental bookings for the years 2000-2014, and for merchant model hotel and car rental bookings for 2014. Travelocity intends to appeal the assessments to the Tax Appeal Court. We do not believe we will ultimately pay these additional assessments of general excise tax, including interest and penalties.

In September 2015, we received a final ruling on the amounts owed by Travelocity in the original Hawaii tax case, and as a result, received a cash refund of $30 million from the State of Hawaii. In 2013, we paid the State of Hawaii $35 million to appeal. In addition, we reduced our accrued liability by $10 million as a result of the final ruling. The total gain of $40 million is included in income (loss) from discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations and the $30 million cash refund is included in cash flows from discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of cash flows. During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded charges of $2 million and $17 million, respectively, associated with this litigation, which are included in income (loss) from discontinued operations. As of December 31, 2015, our reserve was not material for the estimated remaining payments to the State of Hawaii and we did not make any material payments in the year ended December 31, 2015.

As of December 31, 2015, our reserve was not material for the potential resolution of issues identified related to litigation involving hotel and car sales, occupancy or excise taxes. Our estimated liability is based on our current best estimate but the ultimate resolution of these issues may be greater or less than the amount recorded and, if greater, could adversely affect our results of operations.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, we received insurance proceeds of $6 million from an insurance carrier for reimbursement of litigation costs on all cases associated with hotel occupancy taxes. The proceeds were recognized as a gain and is included in income (loss) from discontinued operations.

In addition to the actions by the tax authorities, two consumer class action lawsuits have been filed against us in which the plaintiffs allege that we made misrepresentations concerning the description of the fees received in relation to facilitating hotel reservations. Generally, the consumer claims relate to whether Travelocity provided adequate notice to consumers regarding the nature of our fees and the amount of taxes charged or collected. One of these lawsuits is pending in Texas state court, where the court is currently considering the plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class action; and the other is pending in federal court, but has been stayed pending the outcome of the Texas state court action. We believe the notice we provided was appropriate and therefore have not accrued any losses related to these cases.

In addition to the lawsuits, a number of state and local governments have initiated inquiries, audits and other administrative proceedings that could result in an assessment of sales or occupancy taxes on fees. If we do not prevail at the administrative level, those cases could lead to formal litigation proceedings.

Litigation Relating to Routine Proceedings

We are also engaged from time to time in other routine legal and tax proceedings incidental to our business. We do not believe that any of these routine proceedings will have a material impact on the business or our financial condition.

Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Our reportable segments are based upon: our internal organizational structure; the manner in which our operations are managed; the criteria used by our Chief Executive Officer, who is our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), to evaluate segment performance; the availability of separate financial information; and overall materiality considerations.

Our business has two reportable segments: (i) Travel Network and (ii) Airline and Hospitality Solutions, which aggregates the Airline Solutions and Hospitality Solutions operating segments as these operating segments have similar economic characteristics, generate revenues on transaction-based fees, incur the same types of expenses and use our SaaS based and hosted applications and platforms to market to the travel industry.

In the third quarter of 2015, we acquired Abacus which is managed as the APAC region of our Travel Network segment. In the first quarter of 2015, we disposed of our Travelocity segment; therefore, the financial results of Travelocity are excluded from the segment information presented below and are included in net income (loss) from discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations.

Our CODM utilizes Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA as the measures of profitability to evaluate performance of our segments and allocate resources. Corporate includes a technology organization that provides development and support activities to our segments. The majority of costs associated with our technology organization are allocated to the segments primarily based on the segments' usage of resources. Benefit expenses, facility costs and depreciation expense on the corporate headquarters building are allocated to the segments based on headcount. Unallocated corporate costs include certain shared expenses such as accounting, human resources, legal, corporate systems, and other shared technology costs, as well as all amortization of intangible assets and any related impairments that originate from purchase accounting, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, legal reserves, and other items not identifiable with one of our segments.

We account for significant intersegment transactions as if the transactions were with third parties, that is, at estimated current market prices. The majority of the intersegment revenues and cost of revenues are fees charged by Travel Network to Airline and Hospitality Solutions for airline trips booked through our GDS.

Our CODM does not review total assets by segment as operating evaluations and resource allocation decisions are not made on the basis of total assets by segment. Our CODM uses Adjusted Capital Expenditures in making product investment decisions and determining development resource requirements.

The performance of our segments is evaluated primarily on Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA which are not recognized terms under GAAP. Our uses of Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP.

We define Adjusted Gross Margin as operating income (loss) adjusted for selling, general and administrative expenses, impairments, depreciation and amortization, amortization of upfront incentive consideration, restructuring and other costs, litigation and taxes, including penalties, and stock-based compensation.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as income (loss) from continuing operations adjusted for impairment, depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, amortization of capitalized implementation costs, acquisition related amortization, amortization of upfront incentive consideration, interest expense, net, loss on extinguishment of debt, other, net, restructuring and other costs, litigation and taxes including penalties, stock-based compensation, management fees and income taxes. We define Adjusted Capital Expenditures as additions to property and equipment and capitalized implementation costs during the periods presented.

Segment information for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 is as follows (in thousands)



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenue
Travel Network	$	2,102,792		$	1,854,785		$	1,821,498
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	872,086			786,478			711,745
Eliminations	(13,982		)	(9,846		)	(9,697		)
Total revenue	$	2,960,896		$	2,631,417		$	2,523,546
Adjusted Gross Margin ^(a)
Travel Network	$	973,915		$	863,276		$	860,793
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	384,804			337,851			262,386
Corporate	(41,899		)	(54,335		)	(62,877		)
Total	$	1,316,820		$	1,146,792		$	1,060,302
Adjusted EBITDA ^(b)
Travel Network	$	877,276		$	778,677		$	772,208
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	323,461			282,648			213,075
Total segments	1,200,737			1,061,325			985,283
Corporate	(259,150		)	(221,297		)	(206,529		)
Total	$	941,587		$	840,028		$	778,754
Depreciation and amortization
Travel Network	$	65,765		$	60,706		$	52,524
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	143,013			106,415			77,351
Total segments	208,778			167,121			129,875
Corporate	142,702			122,509			157,163
Total	$	351,480		$	289,630		$	287,038
Adjusted Capital Expenditures ^(c)
Travel Network	$	73,469		$	56,091		$	69,357
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	226,260			161,425			171,270
Total segments	299,729			217,516			240,627
Corporate	50,350			47,522			27,710
Total	$	350,079		$	265,038		$	268,337


(a)	The following table sets forth the reconciliation of Adjusted Gross Margin to operating income in our statement of operations:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Adjusted Gross Margin	$	1,316,820	$	1,146,792	$	1,060,302
Less adjustments:
Selling, general and administrative	557,077		467,594		437,453
Cost of revenue adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization ⁽¹⁾	244,535		198,409		192,423
Amortization of upfront incentive consideration ⁽²⁾	43,521		45,358		36,649
Restructuring and other costs ⁽⁵⁾	—		6,042		11,491
Stock-based compensation	11,918		8,044		1,356
Operating income	$	459,769	$	421,345	$	380,930


(b)	The following tables set forth the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to loss from continuing operations in our statement of operations:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014		2013
Adjusted EBITDA	$	941,587		$	840,028	$	778,754
Less adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment^(1a)	213,520			157,592		123,414
Amortization of capitalized implementation costs^(1b)	31,441			35,859		34,143
Acquisition-related amortization^(1c)	108,121			99,383		132,685
Amortization of upfront incentive consideration⁽²⁾	43,521			45,358		36,649
Interest expense, net	173,298			218,877		274,689
Loss on extinguishment of debt	38,783			33,538		12,181
Other, net⁽³⁾	(91,377		)	63,860		305
Restructuring and other costs⁽⁴⁾	9,256			10,470		27,921
Acquisition-related costs⁽⁵⁾	14,437			—		—
Litigation costs⁽⁶⁾	16,709			14,144		18,514
Stock-based compensation	29,971			20,094		3,387
Management fees⁽⁷⁾	—			23,701		8,761
Provision for income taxes	119,352			6,279		54,039
Income from continuing operations	$	234,555		$	110,873	$	52,066

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(1)	Depreciation and amortization expenses (see Note 1, Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies for associated asset lives):


a.	Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment includes software developed for internal use.


b.	Amortization of capitalized implementation costs represents amortization of upfront costs to implement new customer contracts under our SaaS and hosted revenue model.


c.	Acquisition-related amortization represents amortization of intangible assets from the take-private transaction in 2007 as well as intangibles associated with acquisitions since that date. Also includes amortization of the excess basis in our underlying equity interest in AIPL's net assets prior to our acquisition of AIPL on July 1, 2015.

(2)

Our Travel Network business at times makes upfront cash payments or other consideration to travel agency subscribers at the inception or modification of a service contract, which are capitalized and amortized over an average expected life of the service contract, generally over three to five years. Such consideration is made with the objective of increasing the number of clients or to ensure or improve customer loyalty. Such service contract terms are established such that the supplier and other fees generated over the life of the contract will exceed the cost of the incentive consideration provided up front. Such service contracts with travel agency subscribers require that the customer commit to achieving certain economic objectives and generally have terms requiring repayment of the upfront incentive consideration if those objectives are not met.

(3)

In 2015, we recognized a gain of $78 million associated with the remeasurement of our previously-held 35% investment in AIPL to its fair value and a gain of $12 million related to the settlement of pre-existing agreements between us and AIPL. In 2014, other, net primarily includes a fourth quarter charge of $66 million as a result of an increase to our TRA liability. The increase in our TRA liability is due to a reduction in a valuation allowance maintained against our deferred tax assets. This charge is fully offset by an income tax benefit recognized in the fourth quarter of 2014 from the reduction in the valuation allowance which is included in tax impacts of net income adjustments. In addition, all periods presented include foreign exchange gains and losses related to the remeasurement of foreign currency denominated balances included in our consolidated balance sheets into the relevant functional currency.

(4)

Restructuring and other costs represents charges associated with business restructuring and associated changes implemented which resulted in severance benefits related to employee terminations, integration and facility opening or closing costs and other business reorganization costs. In 2013, we recognized a restructuring charge of $8 million associated with our corporate technology organization. In 2015, we recognized a restructuring charge of $9 million associated with the integration of Abacus.


(5)	Acquisition-related costs represent fees and expenses incurred associated with the acquisition of Abacus and the Trust Group.


(6)	Litigation costs represent charges associated with antitrust litigation.

(7)

We paid an annual management fee to TPG and Silver Lake in an amount between (i) $5 million and (ii) $7 million, plus reimbursement of certain costs incurred by TPG and Silver Lake, pursuant to the MSA. In addition, we paid a $21 million fee, in the aggregate, to TPG and Silver Lake in connection with our initial public offering in 2014. The MSA was terminated in conjunction with our initial public offering.


(c)	Includes capital expenditures and capitalized implementation costs as summarized below:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Additions to property and equipment	$	286,697	$	227,227	$	209,523
Capitalized implementation costs	63,382		37,811		58,814
Adjusted Capital Expenditures	$	350,079	$	265,038	$	268,337

A significant portion of our revenue is generated through transaction-based fees that we charge to our customers. For Travel Network, this fee is in the form of a transaction fee for bookings on our GDS; for Airline and Hospitality Solutions, this fee is a recurring usage-based fee for the use of our SaaS and hosted systems, as well as implementation fees and consulting fees. Transaction-based revenue accounted for approximately 92%, 90% and 89% of our Travel Network revenue for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Transaction-based revenue accounted for approximately 70% of our Airline and Hospitality Solutions revenue for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

All joint venture equity income and expenses relate to Travel Network.

Our revenues and long-lived assets, excluding goodwill and intangible assets, by geographic region are summarized below. Revenue of our Travel Network business is attributed to countries based on the location of the travel supplier. For Airline and Hospitality Solutions, revenue is attributed to countries based on the location of the customer.



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Revenue:
United States	$	1,182,056	$	1,146,800	$	1,041,934
Europe	581,762		525,694		483,504
All other	1,197,078		958,923		998,108
Total	$	2,960,896	$	2,631,417	$	2,523,546



	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
Long-lived assets
United States	$	600,999	$	519,762
Europe	7,972		23,480
All other	18,558		8,034
Total	$	627,529	$	551,276

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The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Dec. 31, 2015
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Subsequent Events Acquisition of the Trust Group In January 2016, we completed the acquisition of the Trust Group, a central reservations, revenue management and hotel marketing provider with a significant presence in EMEA and APAC. We paid net cash consideration of $159 million, which excludes the effect of net working capital adjustments subject to finalization. The acquisition was funded using proceeds from our recently issued 5.25% senior secured notes due in 2023 and cash on hand. The Trust Group will be integrated and managed as part of our Airline and Hospitality Solutions segment. The purchase price allocation and pro forma financial information are not yet available due to limited access to Trust Group's books and records prior to the acquisition and the limited time from the completion of the acquisition through the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

A summary of our quarterly financial results for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 is presented below (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Revenue	$	710,348	$	707,091	$	785,002	$	758,455
Operating income	118,992		122,605		108,772		109,400
Income from continuing operations	49,330		32,589		123,124		29,512
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	158,911		696		53,892		100,909
Net income	208,241		33,285		177,016		130,421
Net income attributable to Sabre Corporation	207,494		32,207		176,340		129,441
Net income attributable to common stockholders	207,494		32,207		176,340		129,441
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	0.77		0.12		0.64		0.47
Diluted	0.75		0.12		0.63		0.46



	Year Ended December 31, 2014
	First Quarter			Second Quarter			Third Quarter			Fourth Quarter
Revenue	$	666,415		$	646,380		$	672,480		$	646,142
Operating income	103,707			96,082			117,847			103,709
Income from continuing operations	21,959			6,455			41,229			41,230
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax	(24,056		)	(16,650		)	(3,946		)	5,734
Net (loss) income	(2,097		)	(10,195		)	37,283			46,964
Net (loss) income attributable to Sabre Corporation	(2,843		)	(10,897		)	36,563			46,400
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders	(11,989		)	(13,132		)	36,563			46,400
Net (loss) income per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	(0.07		)	(0.05		)	0.14			0.17
Diluted	(0.07		)	(0.05		)	0.13			0.17

SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2015, 2014 AND 2013

(In millions)



	Balance at Beginning		Charged to Expense or Other Accounts			Write-offs and Other Adjustments			Balance at End of Period
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Year ended December 31, 2015	$	27.5	$	8.6		$	(3.8	)	$	32.3
Year ended December 31, 2014	$	25.9	$	10.4		$	(8.8	)	$	27.5
Year ended December 31, 2013	$	31.4	$	7.1		$	(12.6	)	$	25.9
Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets
Year ended December 31, 2015	$	160.0	$	(69.8	)	$	(9.5	)	$	80.7
Year ended December 31, 2014	$	253.1	$	(79.3	)	$	(13.8	)	$	160.0
Year ended December 31, 2013	$	282.1	$	(32.6	)	$	3.6		$	253.1
Reserve for Value-Added Tax Receivables
Year ended December 31, 2015	$	6.9	$	(3.1	)	$	(2.0	)	$	1.8
Year ended December 31, 2014	$	3.9	$	4.0		$	(1.0	)	$	6.9
Year ended December 31, 2013	$	36.7	$	(32.6	)	$	(0.2	)	$	3.9

Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Reclassifications

Revenue Recognition

We report revenue net of any revenue based taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue producing transactions.

Incentive Consideration

Advertising Costs

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Concentration of Credit Risk

Derivative Financial Instruments

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization, which is calculated on the straight-line basis. Our depreciation and amortization policies are as follows:



Buildings	Lesser of lease term or 35 years
Leasehold improvements	Lesser of lease term or useful life
Furniture and fixtures	5 to 15 years
Equipment, general office and computer	3 to 5 years
Software developed for internal use	3 to 5 years

Business Combinations

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Equity Method Investments

Capitalized Implementation Costs

Deferred Customer Advances and Discounts

Income Taxes

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

Equity-Based Compensation

Foreign Currency

Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Depreciation and Amortization Policies for Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization, which is calculated on the straight-line basis. Our depreciation and amortization policies are as follows:



Buildings	Lesser of lease term or 35 years
Leasehold improvements	Lesser of lease term or useful life
Furniture and fixtures	5 to 15 years
Equipment, general office and computer	3 to 5 years
Software developed for internal use	3 to 5 years

Property and equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015			2014
Buildings and leasehold improvements	$	141,070		$	150,842
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	29,265			23,823
Computer equipment	321,001			305,877
Software developed for internal use	986,780			862,895
	1,478,116			1,343,437
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(850,587		)	(792,161		)
Property and equipment, net	$	627,529		$	551,276

Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed

A summary of the acquisition price and estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date of acquisition is as follows (in thousands):



Cash and cash equivalents	$	65,641
Accounts receivable, net	49,099
Other current assets	12,522
Intangible assets:
Customer relationships	319,000
Reacquired rights⁽¹⁾	113,500
Purchased technology	14,000
Supplier agreements	13,000
Trademarks and brand names	4,000
Property and equipment, net	4,021
Other assets	65,876
Current liabilities	(118,522		)
Noncurrent liabilities	(44,245		)
Noncurrent deferred income taxes	(75,228		)
Goodwill	287,349
	710,013
Fair value of Sabre Corporation's previously held equity investment in AIPL	(200,000		)
Fair value of AIPL's previously held equity investment in national marketing companies	(1,880		)
Total acquisition price	$	508,133

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Pro forma results of operations

The following unaudited pro forma results of operations information is presented in thousands:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014
Revenue	$	3,109,310	$	2,905,944
Income from continuing operations	165,006		122,561
Net income attributable to common stockholders	475,933		69,524

Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Summary of Discontinued Operations

The major classes of assets and liabilities that were held for sale associated with Travelocity.com and lastminute.com are as follows (in thousands):



	December 31, 2014
Assets
Accounts receivable, net	$	27,129
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	3,943
Property and equipment, net	15,597
Intangible assets, net	64,194
Other assets, net	1,695
Total assets held for sale	$	112,558
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	3,344
Travel supplier liabilities and related deferred revenue	70,858
Accrued compensation and related benefits	2,237
Deferred revenues	1,519
Other accrued liabilities	18,586
Total liabilities held for sale	$	96,544

The results of our discontinued operations are as follows (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenue	$	24,815		$	328,835		$	635,570
Cost of revenue	21,520			113,092			258,409
Selling, general and administrative	(23,077		)	273,195			389,356
Impairment	—			—			138,947
Restructuring charges	—			1,785			28,387
Operating income (loss)	26,372			(59,237		)	(179,529		)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net	—			—			(1,217		)
Gain (loss) on sale of businesses⁽¹⁾	294,276			—			(27,709		)
Other, net	4,640			(10,545		)	(4,430		)
Total other income (expense), net	298,916			(10,545		)	(33,356		)
Income (loss) from discontinuing operations before income taxes	325,288			(69,782		)	(212,885		)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes⁽²⁾	10,880			(30,864		)	(63,188		)
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	314,408		$	(38,918	)	$	(149,697	)

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(1)	The year ended December 31, 2015 includes $31 million of reclassified cumulative translation gains associated with our lastminute.com subsidiaries. See “Divestiture of lastminute.com—Cumulative Translation Adjustments” for additional information.

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Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal.

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Equity Method Investments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investment, Financial Statement, Reported Amounts [Abstract]

Summary of Financial Statement Information

Summarized financial information of AIPL is as follows:



	Six Months Ended		Year Ended December 31,
	June 30, 2015		2014		2013
Results of operations data:
Revenue	$	197,527	$	357,711	$	335,255
Cost of revenue	129,870		225,269		205,505
Operating income	34,522		56,703		49,287
Net income	22,142		59,430		42,368
Net income attributable to AIPL	22,101		59,390		42,443



	December 31, 2014
Balance sheet data:
Current assets	$	202,916
Noncurrent assets	123,217
Current liabilities	140,272
Noncurrent liabilities	9,245
Noncontrolling interest	254

Summary of Related Party Transactions

Financial information of our related party transactions with AIPL is as follows:



	Six Months Ended		Year Ended December 31,
	June 30, 2015		2014		2013
Revenue earned from AIPL	$	50,303	$	91,324	$	91,998



	December 31, 2014
Receivable from AIPL	$	21,458
Payable to AIPL for Economic Benefit Transfer	(9,217		)
Current deferred revenue related to Abacus data processing	(2,571		)
Long-term deferred revenue related to Abacus data processing	(10,286		)
Related party (payable) receivable, net	$	(616	)

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Change in Carrying Amount of Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):



	Travel Network			Airline and Hospitality Solutions			Total Goodwill
Balance as of December 31, 2013	$	1,812,686		$	325,489		$	2,138,175
Acquired	—			15,510			15,510
Adjustments⁽¹⁾	(186		)	—			(186		)
Balance as of December 31, 2014	1,812,500			340,999			2,153,499
Acquired	287,349			—			287,349
Adjustments⁽¹⁾	(269		)	(148		)	(417		)
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	2,099,580		$	340,851		$	2,440,431

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(1)	Includes net foreign currency effects during the year.

Schedule of Amortization of Intangible Assets

The following table presents our intangible assets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



	December 31, 2015							December 31, 2014
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Acquired customer relationships	$	978,763	$	(561,876	)	$	416,887	$	705,963	$	(535,334	)	$	170,629
Trademarks and brand names	330,054		(99,814		)	230,240		326,054		(87,554		)	238,500
Reacquired rights	113,500		(8,267		)	105,233		—		—			—
Purchased technology	403,524		(342,805		)	60,719		469,599		(412,114		)	57,485
Acquired contracts, supplier and distributor agreements	37,600		(15,494		)	22,106		26,600		(15,000		)	11,600
Non-compete agreements	15,025		(13,657		)	1,368		15,025		(13,253		)	1,772
Total intangible assets	$	1,878,466	$	(1,041,913	)	$	836,553	$	1,543,241	$	(1,063,255	)	$	479,986

Schedule of Estimated Amortization of Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

Estimated amortization expense related to intangible assets subject to amortization for each of the five succeeding years and beyond is as follows (in thousands):



2016	$	126,409
2017	78,723
2018	61,292
2019	58,739
2020	57,130
2021 and thereafter	454,260
Total	$	836,553

Balance Sheet Components (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015		2014
Prepaid Expenses	$	46,177	$	34,122
Value added tax receivable, net	28,830		24,940
Other	6,160		5,672
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets	$	81,167	$	64,734

Components of Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization, which is calculated on the straight-line basis. Our depreciation and amortization policies are as follows:



Buildings	Lesser of lease term or 35 years
Leasehold improvements	Lesser of lease term or useful life
Furniture and fixtures	5 to 15 years
Equipment, general office and computer	3 to 5 years
Software developed for internal use	3 to 5 years

Property and equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015			2014
Buildings and leasehold improvements	$	141,070		$	150,842
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	29,265			23,823
Computer equipment	321,001			305,877
Software developed for internal use	986,780			862,895
	1,478,116			1,343,437
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(850,587		)	(792,161		)
Property and equipment, net	$	627,529		$	551,276

Schedule of Other Assets

Other assets, net consist of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015		2014
Capitalized implementation costs, net	$	206,429	$	176,677
Deferred customer discounts	212,037		144,382
Deferred upfront incentive consideration	109,943		89,953
Other	113,805		74,127
Other assets, net	$	642,214	$	485,139

Schedule of Other Noncurrent Liabilities

Other noncurrent liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015		2014
Tax receivable agreement	$	387,342	$	387,342
Pension and other postretirement benefits	96,733		90,656
Deferred revenue	66,232		59,287
Litigation settlement liability and related deferred revenue	11,044		22,960
Other	94,742		53,465
Other noncurrent liabilities	$	656,093	$	613,710

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Related Deferred Income Taxes

Accumulated other comprehensive income consists of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015			2014
Defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans	$	(90,647	)	$	(90,172	)
Unrealized loss on foreign currency forward contracts, interest rate swaps and available-for-sale securities	(6,391		)	(7,395		)
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain	(97		)	22,843
Other⁽¹⁾	—			4,921
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	$	(97,135	)	$	(69,803	)

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(1)	Primarily related to our share of AIPL’s accumulated other comprehensive income. See Note 4, Equity Method Investments.

Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Components of Income Taxes From Continuing Operations

The components of pretax income from continuing operations, generally based on the jurisdiction of the legal entity, were as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Components of pre-tax income:
Domestic	$	262,682	$	109,481	$	86,908
Foreign	91,225		7,671		19,197
	$	353,907	$	117,152	$	106,105

Summary of Provision for Income Tax Relating to Continuing Operations

The provision for income taxes relating to continuing operations consists of the following:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Current portion:
Federal	$	1,730		$	—		$	16,476
State and Local	(6,249		)	(10,099		)	10,817
Non U.S.	26,646			20,207			12,805
Total current	22,127			10,108			40,098
Deferred portion:
Federal	89,682			(10,852		)	13,239
State and Local	5,715			3,381			71
Non U.S.	1,828			3,642			631
Total deferred	97,225			(3,829		)	13,941
Total provision for income taxes	$	119,352		$	6,279		$	54,039

Schedule of Reconciliation of Statutory Income Taxes and Effective Income Taxes Relating to Continuing Operation

The provision for income taxes relating to continuing operations differs from amounts computed at the statutory federal income tax rate as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Income tax provision at statutory federal income tax rate	$	123,867		$	41,003		$	37,137
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	(1,263		)	(3,224		)	7,036
Impact of non U.S. taxing jurisdictions, net	13,966			30,476			13,153
Non-taxable gain on remeasurement of previously-held investment in Abacus	(27,279		)	—			—
Research tax credit	(3,857		)	(3,101		)	(3,076		)
Tax receivable agreement	—			22,982			—
Valuation allowance	3,010			(82,116		)	—
Other, net	10,908			259			(211		)
Total provision for income taxes	$	119,352		$	6,279		$	54,039

Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:



	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued expenses	$	33,823		$	48,491
Employee benefits other than pension	29,726			22,969
Deferred revenue	57,197			58,779
Pension obligations	34,718			33,281
Tax loss carryforwards	295,329			420,765
Non U.S. operations	609			3,048
Incentive consideration	17,897			3,073
Tax credit carryforwards	36,897			32,879
Suspended loss	23,713			24,046
Other	8,314			11,177
Total deferred tax assets	538,223			658,508
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	(24,938		)	(9,381		)
Software developed for internal use	(232,924		)	(210,736		)
Intangible assets	(189,600		)	(85,374		)
Write off of Intercompany Debt	(35,544		)	(36,043		)
Unrealized gains and losses	(13,622		)	(20,759		)
Currency translation adjustment	82			(12,189		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(496,546		)	(374,482		)
Valuation allowance	(80,775		)	(160,092		)
Net deferred tax (liability) asset	$	(39,098	)	$	123,934

Summary of Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefit

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Balance at beginning of year	$	58,616		$	61,241		$	54,016
Additions for tax positions taken in the current year	8,252			4,565			10,874
Additions for tax positions of prior years	(786		)	2,259			5,572
Additions for tax positions from acquisitions	11,343			—			—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(4,599		)	(43		)	(196		)
Reductions for tax positions of expired statute of limitations	(3,456		)	(2,439		)	(3,573		)
Settlements	(624		)	(6,967		)	(5,452		)
Balance at end of year	$	68,746		$	58,616		$	61,241

Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Outstanding Debt

The following table sets forth the face values of our outstanding debt as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



			December 31,
	Rate	Maturity	2015			2014
Senior secured credit facilities:
Term Loan B	L + 3.00%	February 2019	$	1,721,750		$	1,739,500
Incremental term loan facility	L + 3.00%	February 2019	342,125			345,625
Term Loan C	L + 2.50%	December 2017	49,313			49,313
Revolver, $370 million	L + 3.25%	February 2019	—			—
Revolver, $35 million	L + 3.25%	February 2018	—			—
Senior unsecured notes due 2016	8.35%	March 2016	165,000			400,000
Senior secured notes due 2019	8.50%	May 2019	—			480,000
5.375% senior secured notes due 2023	5.375%	April 2023	530,000			—
5.25% senior secured notes due 2023	5.25%	November 2023	500,000			—
Mortgage facility	5.80%	March 2017	80,984			82,168
Capital lease obligations			6,502			—
Face value of total debt outstanding			3,395,674			3,096,606
Less current portion of debt outstanding			(190,687		)	(22,435		)
Face value of long-term debt outstanding			$	3,204,987		$	3,074,171

Schedule of Debt Interest Rate Margin



	Eurocurrency borrowings		Base rate borrowings
	Applicable Margin⁽¹⁾	Floor	Applicable Margin	Floor
Term Loan B, prior to Repricing Amendments	4.00%	1.25%	3.00%	2.25%
Term Loan B, subsequent to Repricing Amendments	3.25%	1.00%	2.25%	2.00%
Incremental term loan facility	3.50%	1.00%	2.50%	2.00%
Term Loan C	3.00%	1.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Revolver, $370 million	3.00%	N/A	2.00%	N/A
Revolver, $35 million	3.75%	N/A	2.75%	N/A

________________________


(1)	Applicable margins do not reflect potential step downs which are determined by the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. See below for additional information.

Schedule of Effective Interest Rates



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Including the impact of interest rate swaps	4.48	%	5.43	%	6.86	%
Excluding the impact of interest rate swaps	4.48	%	4.89	%	6.21	%

Aggregate Maturities of Long-Term Debt

As of December 31, 2015, aggregate maturities of our long-term debt were as follows (in thousands):



	Amount
Years Ending December 31,
2016	$	190,687
2017	152,095
2018	21,745
2019	2,000,191
2020	956
Thereafter	1,030,000
Total	$	3,395,674

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Tabular disclosure of long-debt instruments or arrangements, including identification, terms, features, collateral requirements and other information necessary to a fair presentation. These are debt arrangements that originally required repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the entity, if longer.

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Derivatives (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Unsettled Purchased Foreign Currency Forward Contracts



December 31, 2015 Outstanding Notional Amount
Buy Currency	Sell Currency	Foreign Amount	USD Amount	Average Contract Rate
US Dollar	Australian Dollar	2,080	1,570	0.7548
US Dollar	Euro	2,870	3,169	1.1042
Australian Dollar	US Dollar	1,260	939	0.7452
Euro	US Dollar	2,870	3,122	1.0878
British Pound Sterling	US Dollar	18,075	27,415	1.5167
Indian Rupee	US Dollar	1,880,500	27,736	0.0147
Polish Zloty	US Dollar	226,500	59,120	0.2610



December 31, 2014 Outstanding Notional Amount
Buy Currency	Sell Currency	Foreign Amount	USD Amount	Average Contract Rate
US Dollar	Australian Dollar	6,750	5,838	0.8649
Euro	US Dollar	30,200	38,777	1.2840
British Pound Sterling	US Dollar	22,950	37,343	1.6271
Indian Rupee	US Dollar	1,205,000	18,748	0.0156
Polish Zloty	US Dollar	171,000	52,821	0.3089

Schedule of Outstanding and Matured Interest Rate Swaps

Interest Rate Swap Contracts—Interest rate swaps outstanding and matured during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:



	Notional Amount	Interest Rate Received	Interest Rate Paid	Effective Date	Maturity Date
Outstanding:	$750 million	1 month LIBOR	1.48%	December 31, 2015	December 30, 2016
	$750 million	1 month LIBOR	2.19%	December 30, 2016	December 29, 2017
	$750 million	1 month LIBOR	2.61%	December 29, 2017	December 31, 2018
Matured:	$400 million	1 month LIBOR	2.03%	July 29, 2011	September 30, 2014
	$350 million	1 month LIBOR	2.51%	April 30, 2012	September 30, 2014

Schedule of Estimated Fair Values of Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments

The estimated fair values of our derivatives designated as hedging instruments as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):



	Derivative Liabilities
		Fair Value as of December 31,
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments	Consolidated Balance Sheet Location	2015		2014
Foreign exchange contracts	Other accrued liabilities	$	1,759	$	8,475
Interest rate swaps	Other accrued liabilities	3,912		—
Interest rate swaps	Other noncurrent liabilities	9,822		1,401
		$	15,493	$	9,876

Schedule of Effects of Derivative Instruments Net of Taxes on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The effects of derivative instruments, net of taxes, on OCI for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are as follows (in thousands):



	Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivative, Effective Portion
	Year Ended December 31,
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	2015			2014			2013
Foreign exchange contracts	$	(5,505	)	$	(7,836	)	$	2,999
Interest rate swaps	(7,939		)	(961		)	—
Total (loss) gain	$	(13,444	)	$	(8,797	)	$	2,999



		Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Effective Portion
		Year Ended December 31,
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Income Statement Location	2015		2014		2013
Foreign exchange contracts	Cost of revenue	$	10,646	$	2,902	$	915

Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present the fair value of our assets (liabilities) that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



				Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
	December 31, 2015			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
Available-for-sale securities	$	36,711		$	36,711	$	—		$	—
Derivatives:
Foreign currency forward contracts	(1,759		)	—		(1,759		)	—
Interest rate swap contracts	(13,734		)	—		(13,734		)	—
Total	$	21,218		$	36,711	$	(15,493	)	$	—



				Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
	December 31, 2014			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
Derivatives:
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	(8,475	)	$	—	$	(8,475	)	$	—
Interest rate swap contracts	(1,401		)	—		(1,401		)	—
Total	$	(9,876	)	$	—	$	(9,876	)	$	—

Schedule of Fair Value and Carrying Value of 2016 Notes, 2019 Notes and Term Loans

The following table presents the fair value and carrying value of all our notes and term loans under our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):



	Fair Value at December 31,				Carrying Value at December 31,
Financial Instrument	2015		2014		2015		2014
Term Loan B	$	1,705,609	$	1,718,843	$	1,716,048	$	1,732,101
Incremental term loan facility	339,559		341,737		342,125		345,625
Term Loan C	49,251		48,758		49,157		49,080
Senior unsecured notes due 2016	165,804		426,250		164,628		393,973
Senior secured notes due 2019	—		516,300		—		480,741
5.375% senior secured notes due 2023	528,013		—		530,000		—
5.25% senior secured notes due 2023	494,375		—		500,000		—

Equity-Based Awards (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Weighted Average Assumptions Used to estimate Fair Value of Stock Options Granted

The fair value of the stock options granted was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Exercise price	$	22.64		$	16.82		$	11.91
Average risk-free interest rate	1.75		%	1.96		%	1.53		%
Expected life (in years)	6.11			6.11			6.11
Implied volatility	27.29		%	33.28		%	30.75		%
Dividend yield	1.60		%	2.14		%	—

Share-based Payments Activities

The following table summarizes the stock option award activities under our outstanding equity based compensation plans and agreements for the year ended December 31, 2015.



			Weighted-Average
	Quantity		Exercise Price		Remaining Contractual Term (years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) ⁽¹⁾
Outstanding at December 31, 2014⁽²⁾	18,906,474		$	7.53	5.1	$	240,947
Granted	1,107,952		22.64
Exercised	(9,893,143	)	5.45
Cancelled	(155,751	)	12.26
Outstanding at December 31, 2015⁽²⁾	9,965,532		$	11.19	6.4	$	167,279
Vested and exercisable at December 31, 2015	6,242,589		$	8.04	5.2	$	124,425

______________________


(1)	Aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying stock options awards and the closing price of our common stock of $27.97 on December 31, 2015.


(2)	Includes performance-based stock options granted in 2008 under the Sovereign MEIP. The vesting of these performance-based stock options was contingent upon a liquidity event which occurred in the first quarter of 2015. As a result of the liquidity event, we recognized expense of $3 million during the year ended December 31, 2015.

Restricted Stock Activities

The following table summarizes the activities for our RSUs for the year ended December 31, 2015.



	Quantity		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2014	1,730,862		$	16.58
Granted	730,982		24.57
Vested	(443,666	)	16.51
Cancelled	(120,227	)	18.02
Unvested at December 31, 2015	1,897,951		$	19.58

Performance Stock Activities

The following table summarizes the activities for our PSUs for the year ended December 31, 2015.



	Quantity		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2014	1,696,907		$	13.65
Granted	985,645		22.15
Vested	(508,417	)	13.34
Cancelled	(54,219	)	15.94
Unvested at December 31, 2015	2,119,916		$	17.63

Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Numerators and Denominators Used in Computations of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations

The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators used in the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (in thousands, expect per share data):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations	$	234,555	$	110,873	$	52,066
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	3,481		2,732		2,863
Preferred stock dividends	—		11,381		36,704
Net income from continuing operations available to common stockholders, basic and diluted	$	231,074	$	96,760	$	12,499
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding	273,139		238,633		178,125
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock awards	6,928		8,114		6,853
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding	280,067		246,747		184,978
Basic earnings per share	$	0.85	$	0.41	$	0.07
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.83	$	0.39	$	0.07

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Reconciliation of Plans Benefit Obligations, Fair Value of Assets and Funded Status



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at January 1	$	(448,577	)	$	(396,461	)
Service cost	—			—
Interest cost	(19,097		)	(19,582		)
Actuarial gains (losses), net	22,669			(56,369		)
Benefits paid	24,489			23,835
Benefit obligation at December 31	$	(420,516	)	$	(448,577	)
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of assets at January 1	$	359,099		$	342,482
Actual return on plan assets	(8,024		)	36,252
Employer contributions	—			4,200
Benefits paid	(24,489		)	(23,835		)
Fair value of assets at December 31	$	326,586		$	359,099
Unfunded status at December 31	$	(93,930	)	$	(89,478	)

Schedule of Amount Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net of Deferred Taxes

The amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of deferred taxes, associated with the LPP as of December 31, 2015, and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2015			2014
Net actuarial loss	$	(105,017	)	$	(105,224	)
Prior service credit	14,262			15,178
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(90,755	)	$	(90,046	)

Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Interest cost	$	19,097		$	19,582		$	17,930
Expected return on plan assets	(21,117		)	(23,945		)	(23,635		)
Amortization of prior service credit	(1,432		)	(1,432		)	(1,432		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	7,045			4,920			7,383
Net cost (credit)	$	3,593		$	(875	)	$	246
Weighted-average discount rate used to measure benefit obligations	4.86		%	4.36		%	5.10		%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net benefit cost:
Discount rate	4.36		%	5.10		%	4.19		%
Expected return on plan assets	6.50		%	7.50		%	7.75		%

Schedule of Obligations Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income



Obligations Recognized in	Year Ended December 31,
Other Comprehensive Income	2015			2014			2013
Net actuarial loss (gain)	$	6,472		$	44,062		$	(43,787	)
Amortization of actuarial loss	(7,045		)	(4,920		)	(7,383		)
Amortization of prior service credit	1,432			1,432			1,432
Total loss (gain) recognized in other comprehensive income	$	859		$	40,574		$	(49,738	)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other comprehensive income	$	4,452		$	39,699		$	(49,492	)

Schedule of Fair Value of LPP Assets

As defined in Note 10, Fair Value Measurements, the following tables present the fair value of the LPP assets as of December 31, 2015, and 2014:



	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2015
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Common collective trusts:
Fixed income securities	$	—	$	180,717	$	—	$	180,717
Global equity securities	—		123,413		—		123,413
Money market mutual fund	5,148		—		—		5,148
Real estate	—		—		17,308		17,308
Total assets at fair value	$	5,148	$	304,130	$	17,308	$	326,586



	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2014
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Common collective trusts:
Fixed income securities	$	—	$	199,683	$	—	$	199,683
Global equity securities	—		139,493		—		139,493
Money market mutual fund	4,709		—		—		4,709
Real estate	—		—		15,214		15,214
Total assets at fair value	$	4,709	$	339,176	$	15,214	$	359,099

Schedule of Plan Assets Valued Using Signifcant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

The following table provides a rollforward of plan assets valued using significant unobservable inputs (level 3), in thousands:



	Real Estate
Ending balance at December 31, 2013	$	21,714
Contributions	300
Net distributions	(8,712		)
Advisory fee	(245		)
Net investment income	989
Unrealized gain	1,159
Net realized gain	9
Ending balance at December 31, 2014	15,214
Contributions	608
Net distributions	(687		)
Advisory fee	(95		)
Net investment income	393
Unrealized gain	1,863
Net realized gain	12
Ending balance at December 31, 2015	$	17,308

Summary of Estimated Future Benefit Payments

We expect the LPP to make the following estimated future benefit payments (in thousands):



	Amount
2016	$	29,000
2017	29,000
2018	29,000
2019	28,000
2020	29,000
2021-2025	150,000

Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Minimum Future Non-Cancelable Annual Operating Lease Obligations

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows (in thousands):



	Amount
2016	$	21,120
2017	19,204
2018	16,209
2019	12,821
2020	10,331
Thereafter	40,582
Total	$	120,267

Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Segment Information

Segment information for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 is as follows (in thousands)



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenue
Travel Network	$	2,102,792		$	1,854,785		$	1,821,498
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	872,086			786,478			711,745
Eliminations	(13,982		)	(9,846		)	(9,697		)
Total revenue	$	2,960,896		$	2,631,417		$	2,523,546
Adjusted Gross Margin ^(a)
Travel Network	$	973,915		$	863,276		$	860,793
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	384,804			337,851			262,386
Corporate	(41,899		)	(54,335		)	(62,877		)
Total	$	1,316,820		$	1,146,792		$	1,060,302
Adjusted EBITDA ^(b)
Travel Network	$	877,276		$	778,677		$	772,208
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	323,461			282,648			213,075
Total segments	1,200,737			1,061,325			985,283
Corporate	(259,150		)	(221,297		)	(206,529		)
Total	$	941,587		$	840,028		$	778,754
Depreciation and amortization
Travel Network	$	65,765		$	60,706		$	52,524
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	143,013			106,415			77,351
Total segments	208,778			167,121			129,875
Corporate	142,702			122,509			157,163
Total	$	351,480		$	289,630		$	287,038
Adjusted Capital Expenditures ^(c)
Travel Network	$	73,469		$	56,091		$	69,357
Airline and Hospitality Solutions	226,260			161,425			171,270
Total segments	299,729			217,516			240,627
Corporate	50,350			47,522			27,710
Total	$	350,079		$	265,038		$	268,337


(a)	The following table sets forth the reconciliation of Adjusted Gross Margin to operating income in our statement of operations:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Adjusted Gross Margin	$	1,316,820	$	1,146,792	$	1,060,302
Less adjustments:
Selling, general and administrative	557,077		467,594		437,453
Cost of revenue adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization ⁽¹⁾	244,535		198,409		192,423
Amortization of upfront incentive consideration ⁽²⁾	43,521		45,358		36,649
Restructuring and other costs ⁽⁵⁾	—		6,042		11,491
Stock-based compensation	11,918		8,044		1,356
Operating income	$	459,769	$	421,345	$	380,930


(b)	The following tables set forth the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to loss from continuing operations in our statement of operations:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014		2013
Adjusted EBITDA	$	941,587		$	840,028	$	778,754
Less adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment^(1a)	213,520			157,592		123,414
Amortization of capitalized implementation costs^(1b)	31,441			35,859		34,143
Acquisition-related amortization^(1c)	108,121			99,383		132,685
Amortization of upfront incentive consideration⁽²⁾	43,521			45,358		36,649
Interest expense, net	173,298			218,877		274,689
Loss on extinguishment of debt	38,783			33,538		12,181
Other, net⁽³⁾	(91,377		)	63,860		305
Restructuring and other costs⁽⁴⁾	9,256			10,470		27,921
Acquisition-related costs⁽⁵⁾	14,437			—		—
Litigation costs⁽⁶⁾	16,709			14,144		18,514
Stock-based compensation	29,971			20,094		3,387
Management fees⁽⁷⁾	—			23,701		8,761
Provision for income taxes	119,352			6,279		54,039
Income from continuing operations	$	234,555		$	110,873	$	52,066

________________________


(1)	Depreciation and amortization expenses (see Note 1, Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies for associated asset lives):


a.	Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment includes software developed for internal use.


b.	Amortization of capitalized implementation costs represents amortization of upfront costs to implement new customer contracts under our SaaS and hosted revenue model.


c.	Acquisition-related amortization represents amortization of intangible assets from the take-private transaction in 2007 as well as intangibles associated with acquisitions since that date. Also includes amortization of the excess basis in our underlying equity interest in AIPL's net assets prior to our acquisition of AIPL on July 1, 2015.

(2)

(3)

(4)


(5)	Acquisition-related costs represent fees and expenses incurred associated with the acquisition of Abacus and the Trust Group.


(6)	Litigation costs represent charges associated with antitrust litigation.

(7)


(c)	Includes capital expenditures and capitalized implementation costs as summarized below:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Additions to property and equipment	$	286,697	$	227,227	$	209,523
Capitalized implementation costs	63,382		37,811		58,814
Adjusted Capital Expenditures	$	350,079	$	265,038	$	268,337

Revenues and Long-Lived Assets Excluding Goodwill and intangible Assets by Geographic Region



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Revenue:
United States	$	1,182,056	$	1,146,800	$	1,041,934
Europe	581,762		525,694		483,504
All other	1,197,078		958,923		998,108
Total	$	2,960,896	$	2,631,417	$	2,523,546



	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
Long-lived assets
United States	$	600,999	$	519,762
Europe	7,972		23,480
All other	18,558		8,034
Total	$	627,529	$	551,276

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Quarterly Financial Results

A summary of our quarterly financial results for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 is presented below (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Revenue	$	710,348	$	707,091	$	785,002	$	758,455
Operating income	118,992		122,605		108,772		109,400
Income from continuing operations	49,330		32,589		123,124		29,512
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	158,911		696		53,892		100,909
Net income	208,241		33,285		177,016		130,421
Net income attributable to Sabre Corporation	207,494		32,207		176,340		129,441
Net income attributable to common stockholders	207,494		32,207		176,340		129,441
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	0.77		0.12		0.64		0.47
Diluted	0.75		0.12		0.63		0.46



	Year Ended December 31, 2014
	First Quarter			Second Quarter			Third Quarter			Fourth Quarter
Revenue	$	666,415		$	646,380		$	672,480		$	646,142
Operating income	103,707			96,082			117,847			103,709
Income from continuing operations	21,959			6,455			41,229			41,230
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax	(24,056		)	(16,650		)	(3,946		)	5,734
Net (loss) income	(2,097		)	(10,195		)	37,283			46,964
Net (loss) income attributable to Sabre Corporation	(2,843		)	(10,897		)	36,563			46,400
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders	(11,989		)	(13,132		)	36,563			46,400
Net (loss) income per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	(0.07		)	(0.05		)	0.14			0.17
Diluted	(0.07		)	(0.05		)	0.13			0.17

Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) segment reporting_unit $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of business segments \| segment	2
Noncurrent deferred tax assets	$ 44,464	$ 131,971
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities	83,562	8,037
Long term debt	3,360,000	3,062,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	81,167	64,734
Advertising expense	19,000	17,000	$ 16,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable	32,000	26,000
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment	213,520	157,592	123,414
Amortization	$ 31,441	35,859	34,143
Number of reportable segments \| reporting_unit	3
Impairment charge			139,000
Investments in joint ventures	$ 21,000
Carrying value of investment of excess basis over underlying equity interest		89,000
Expected dividend yield (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.36
Travelocity
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Advertising expense	$ 10,000	141,000	142,000
Number of reportable segments \| reporting_unit	2
Impairment charge			136,000
Venezuela
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accounts receivable, net	$ 14,000	6,000
Accounts Receivable \| Commercial Air Travel
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accounts receivable, net	$ 252,000	$ 204,000
Accounts Receivable \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Commercial Air Travel
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	72.00%	67.00%
ACH Payment \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Commercial Air Travel
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	57.00%
Air Revenue \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Commercial Air Travel
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	89.00%
Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization period (in years)	2 years
Expected life of service contracts with significant travel agency customers (in years)	3 years
Amortization of capitalized implementation costs (in years)	3 years
Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization period (in years)	30 years
Expected life of service contracts with significant travel agency customers (in years)	5 years
Amortization of capitalized implementation costs (in years)	10 years
Computer Software \| Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization period (in years)	3 years
Computer Software \| Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization period (in years)	10 years
Transaction Revenue Model
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Transaction fee cancellation reserve	$ 13,000	$ 9,000
Software developed for internal use
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Amortization	$ 170,000	122,000	$ 90,000
Adjustments for New Accounting Pronouncement
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Current deferred tax assets		(182,000)
Noncurrent deferred tax assets		129,000
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities		(54,000)
Other assets		(21,000)
Long term debt		(21,000)
Adjustment
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Other receivables, net		(30,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		$ 30,000

Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies - Depreciation and Amortization Policies for Property and Equipment (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Furniture and fixtures \| Minimum
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, useful life (in years)	5 years
Furniture and fixtures \| Maximum
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, useful life (in years)	15 years
Equipment, general office and computer \| Minimum
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, useful life (in years)	3 years
Equipment, general office and computer \| Maximum
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, useful life (in years)	5 years
Software developed for internal use \| Minimum
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, useful life (in years)	3 years
Software developed for internal use \| Maximum
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, useful life (in years)	5 years

Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies - Voting Interest on Stock Held in Investee (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015	Jul. 01, 2015
NMCs \| Minimum
Schedule Of Results Related To Equity Accounted Investees [Line Items]
Voting Interest percentage	20.00%
NMCs \| Maximum
Schedule Of Results Related To Equity Accounted Investees [Line Items]
Voting Interest percentage	49.00%
ESS Elektroniczne Systemy Spzedazy Sp. zo.o
Schedule Of Results Related To Equity Accounted Investees [Line Items]
Voting Interest percentage	40.00%
Sabre Bulgaria AD
Schedule Of Results Related To Equity Accounted Investees [Line Items]
Voting Interest percentage	20.00%
AIPL
Schedule Of Results Related To Equity Accounted Investees [Line Items]
Ownership percentage acquired		65.00%

Acquisitions - Abacus (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Abacus (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 01, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net cash consideration			$ 442,344	$ 31,799	$ 30,200
Acquisition related costs			14,437	0	0
Gain on remeasurement of previously-held joint venture interest			78,082	0	0
Restructuring charges			$ 9,256	10,470	$ 27,921
Abacus
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage acquired	65.00%
Ownership percentage	35.00%
Ownership percentage before acquisition	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Gain on remeasurement of previously-held joint venture interest			$ 78,000
Gain on settlement			12,000
Abacus \| Consortium of Airlines
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage acquired	65.00%
Ownership percentage	65.00%
Abacus
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net cash consideration	$ 442,000
Acquisition related costs			14,000	$ 4,000
Restructuring charges			9,000
Restructuring charges paid		$ 1,000
Abacus \| Revolving Credit Facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Draw on revolving credit facility	$ 70,000
Data Processing Services \| Abacus
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain on settlement			$ 12,000

Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) hotel	Aug. 31, 2012 USD ($) installment	Aug. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Genares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of hotel properties, more than \| hotel	2,300
Cash consideration	$ 32
Preliminary allocation of purchase price includes goodwill deductible for tax purposes	16
Purchase price allocation, other intangible assets	16
Purchase price allocation, other net assets acquired	1
Genares \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price allocation, other intangible assets	$ 13
Useful life (in years)	10 years
Genares \| Non-compete agreements
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price allocation, other intangible assets	$ 2
Useful life (in years)	5 years
PRISM
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 66
Total purchase price		116
Business Acquisition, contingent consideration		50
Business Acquisition, additional consideration		$ 6
PRISM \| Holdback payment primarily for indemnification purposes due in august 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, contingent consideration				$ 27
PRISM \| Contingent consideration which is based on contractually determined performance measures due in august 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, contingent consideration			$ 27
PRISM \| Contingent consideration
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, number of installments \| installment		2
PRISM \| At august 2013 contingent upon employment of key employees
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, additional consideration				$ 3
PRISM \| At august 2014 contingent upon employment of key employees
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, additional consideration			$ 3
PRISM \| Additional consideration
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, number of installments \| installment		2

Acquisitions - Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 01, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 2,440,431	$ 2,153,499	$ 2,138,175
Abacus
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 65,641
Accounts receivable, net	49,099
Other current assets	12,522
Property and equipment, net	4,021
Other assets	65,876
Current liabilities	(118,522)
Noncurrent liabilities	(44,245)
Noncurrent deferred income taxes	(75,228)
Goodwill	287,349
Total assets (liabilities), net	710,013
Fair value of Sabre Corporation's previously held equity investment	(202,000)
Total acquisition price	508,133
Abacus \| Tax Uncertainties
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent liability	25,000
Abacus \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Assets	$ 319,000
Weighted-average useful life of intangible assets acquired (in years)	20 years
Abacus \| Reacquired rights
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Assets	$ 113,500
Weighted-average useful life of intangible assets acquired (in years)	7 years
Abacus \| Purchased technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Assets	$ 14,000
Weighted-average useful life of intangible assets acquired (in years)	3 years
Abacus \| Supplier agreements
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Assets	$ 13,000
Weighted-average useful life of intangible assets acquired (in years)	7 years
Abacus \| Trademarks and brand names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Assets	$ 4,000
Weighted-average useful life of intangible assets acquired (in years)	2 years
AIPL \| Abacus
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of Sabre Corporation's previously held equity investment	$ (200,000)
National Marketing Companies \| Abacus
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of Sabre Corporation's previously held equity investment	$ (1,880)

Acquisitions - Pro Forma Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Contributed revenue from acquiree since acquisition date	$ 187,000
Contributed income from continuing operations from acquiree acquisition date	$ 13,000
Revenue		$ 3,109,310	$ 2,905,944
Income from continuing operations		165,006	122,561
Net income attributable to common stockholders		$ 475,933	$ 69,524

Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Jan. 23, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 18, 2013 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2014 USD ($) earnout_payment	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($) earnout_payment	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 16, 2014 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of businesses												$ 294,276	$ 0	$ (27,709)
Gain on favorable ruling												60,998	41,672	(8,156)
Impairment charge														139,000
Restructuring charges												9,256	10,470	27,921
Intersegment incentive expense													10,000	46,000
Reclassification adjustment of CTA gains, net of tax												18,558	0	(8,162)
U.S. tax benefit in discontinued operations												10,880	(30,864)	(63,188)
U.S. tax basis
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
U.S. tax benefit in discontinued operations							$ 93,000
Hawaii \| General Excise Tax Litigation
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on favorable ruling					$ 40,000							40,000
Travelocity
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 280,000		$ 10,000
Intangible asset disposed									$ 55,000				55,000
Gain (loss) on sale of businesses								$ 143,000
Write-off of goodwill										$ 9,000
Gain on sale of businesses, pre-tax										1,000
Loss on sale of businesses										3,000
Restructuring charges													2,000	28,000
Loss on sale of business													3,000
Severance costs													3,000
Other restructuring costs													2,000
Employee termination benefits													6,000
Travelocity \| Asset Impairments
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restructuring charges														4,000
Travelocity \| Employee termination benefits
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restructuring charges														18,000
Travelocity \| Other related costs
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restructuring charges														6,000
lastminute.com
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Intangible asset disposed																$ 27,000
Gain (loss) on sale of businesses												24,000
Net liabilities																$ 70,000
Reclassified cumulative translation gain												31,000
Reclassification adjustment of CTA gains, net of tax												$ 19,000
TPN
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business						$ 10,000
Number of earn-out payments \| earnout_payment						2
Loss on disposition of assets													$ 3,000
TPN \| Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total potential earn-out payments						$ 10,000
Holiday Autos
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of businesses										$ (11,000)
Number of earn-out payments \| earnout_payment										2
Write-off of goodwill										$ 39,000
Annual earn-out payment										$ 12,000
Earn-out proceeds receivable recognized		$ 6,000
Gain on sale of businesses, pre-tax									$ 6,000
Zuji
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of businesses											$ (11,000)				$ (14,000)
Discontinued Operations \| Zuji
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Reclassification adjustment of CTA gains, net of tax														$ 8,000
Subsequent Event \| Holiday Autos
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sale of businesses, pre-tax				$ 6,000

Discontinued Operations - Summary of Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]
Revenue									$ 24,815	$ 328,835	$ 635,570
Cost of revenue									21,520	113,092	258,409
Selling, general and administrative									(23,077)	273,195	389,356
Impairment									0	0	138,947
Restructuring charges									0	1,785	28,387
Operating income (loss)									26,372	(59,237)	(179,529)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net									0	0	(1,217)
Gain (loss) on sale of businesses									294,276	0	(27,709)
Other, net									4,640	(10,545)	(4,430)
Total other income (expense), net									298,916	(10,545)	(33,356)
Income (loss) from discontinuing operations before income taxes									325,288	(69,782)	(212,885)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes									10,880	(30,864)	(63,188)
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	$ 100,909	$ 53,892	$ 696	$ 158,911	$ 5,734	$ (3,946)	$ (16,650)	$ (24,056)	314,408	(38,918)	$ (149,697)
Assets
Accounts receivable, net					27,129					27,129
Prepaid expenses and other current assets					3,943					3,943
Property and equipment, net					15,597					15,597
Intangible assets, net					64,194					64,194
Other assets, net					1,695					1,695
Total assets held for sale					112,558					112,558
Liabilities
Accounts payable					3,344					3,344
Travel supplier liabilities and related deferred revenue					70,858					70,858
Accrued compensation and related benefits					2,237					2,237
Deferred revenues					1,519					1,519
Other accrued liabilities					18,586					18,586
Total liabilities held for sale	$ 0				$ 96,544				$ 0	$ 96,544

Equity Method Investments - Additional Information (Details)	Jul. 01, 2015
AIPL
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage acquired	65.00%

Equity Method Investments - Summary of Financial Statement Information (Details) - AIPL - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Results of operations data:
Revenue	$ 197,527	$ 357,711	$ 335,255
Cost of revenue	129,870	225,269	205,505
Operating income	34,522	56,703	49,287
Net income	22,142	59,430	42,368
Net income attributable to AIPL	$ 22,101	59,390	$ 42,443
Balance sheet data:
Current assets		202,916
Noncurrent assets		123,217
Current liabilities		140,272
Noncurrent liabilities		9,245
Noncontrolling interest		$ 254

Equity Method Investments - Summary of Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Current deferred revenue related to Abacus data processing		$ (167,827)		$ (165,124)
Long-term deferred revenue related to Abacus data processing		(59,287)		$ (66,232)
AIPL
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenue earned from AIPL	$ 50,303	91,324	$ 91,998
Receivable from AIPL		21,458
Payable to AIPL for Economic Benefit Transfer		(9,217)
Current deferred revenue related to Abacus data processing		(2,571)
Long-term deferred revenue related to Abacus data processing		(10,286)
Related party (payable) receivable, net		$ (616)

- Definition

For an unclassified balance sheet, amount of receivables arising from transactions with related parties.

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of Change in Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 2,153,499	$ 2,138,175
Acquired	287,349	15,510
Adjustments	(417)	(186)
Ending Balance	2,440,431	2,153,499
Travel Network
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	1,812,500	1,812,686
Acquired	287,349	0
Adjustments	(269)	(186)
Ending Balance	2,099,580	1,812,500
Airline And Hospitality Solutions
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	340,999	325,489
Acquired	0	15,510
Adjustments	(148)	0
Ending Balance	$ 340,851	$ 340,999

Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of Finite Lived Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 1,878,466	$ 1,543,241
Accumulated Amortization	(1,041,913)	(1,063,255)
Net Carrying Amount	836,553	479,986
Acquired customer relationships
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	978,763	705,963
Accumulated Amortization	(561,876)	(535,334)
Net Carrying Amount	416,887	170,629
Trademarks and brand names
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	330,054	326,054
Accumulated Amortization	(99,814)	(87,554)
Net Carrying Amount	230,240	238,500
Reacquired rights
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	113,500	0
Accumulated Amortization	(8,267)	0
Net Carrying Amount	105,233	0
Purchased technology
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	403,524	469,599
Accumulated Amortization	(342,805)	(412,114)
Net Carrying Amount	60,719	57,485
Acquired contracts, supplier and distributor agreements
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	37,600	26,600
Accumulated Amortization	(15,494)	(15,000)
Net Carrying Amount	22,106	11,600
Non-compete agreements
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	15,025	15,025
Accumulated Amortization	(13,657)	(13,253)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 1,368	$ 1,772

Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization expense	$ 107	$ 96	$ 129
Travelocity \| North America
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill			96
Travelocity \| Europe
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill			$ 40

Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of Future Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
2016	$ 126,409
2017	78,723
2018	61,292
2019	58,739
2020	57,130
2021 and thereafter	454,260
Net Carrying Amount	$ 836,553	$ 479,986

Balance Sheet Components - Other Receivables, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Prepaid Expenses	$ 46,177	$ 34,122
Value added tax receivable, net	28,830	24,940
Other	6,160	5,672
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets	$ 81,167	$ 64,734

Balance Sheet Components - Property and Equipment, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, Gross	$ 1,478,116	$ 1,343,437
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(850,587)	(792,161)
Property and equipment, net	627,529	551,276
Buildings and leasehold improvements
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, Gross	141,070	150,842
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, Gross	29,265	23,823
Computer equipment
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, Gross	321,001	305,877
Software developed for internal use
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, Gross	$ 986,780	$ 862,895

Balance Sheet Components - Other Assets, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Capitalized implementation costs, net	$ 206,429	$ 176,677
Deferred customer discounts	212,037	144,382
Deferred upfront incentive consideration	109,943	89,953
Other	113,805	74,127
Other assets, net	$ 642,214	$ 485,139

Balance Sheet Components - Other Noncurrent Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Tax receivable agreement	$ 387,342	$ 387,342
Pension and other postretirement benefits	96,733	90,656
Deferred revenue	66,232	59,287
Litigation settlement liability and related deferred revenue	11,044	22,960
Other	94,742	53,465
Other noncurrent liabilities	$ 656,093	$ 613,710

Balance Sheet Components - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Related Deferred Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans	$ (90,647)	$ (90,172)
Unrealized loss on foreign currency forward contracts, interest rate swaps and available-for-sale securities	(6,391)	(7,395)
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain	(97)	22,843
Other	0	4,921
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	$ (97,135)	$ (69,803)

- Definition

Accumulated change in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, net of tax effect, at period end. Excludes Net Income (Loss), and accumulated changes in equity from transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Includes foreign currency translation items, certain pension adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses related to factors other than credit losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities that an entity does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before recovery of the amortized cost basis, as well as changes in the fair value of derivatives related to the effective portion of a designated cash flow hedge.

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Taxes Disclosure [Line Items]
Noncurrent deferred tax assets	$ 44,464,000	$ 131,971,000
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities	83,562,000	8,037,000
Deferred tax liabilities, unrepatriated foreign earnings	0
Accumulated un repatriated foreign earnings	235,000,000
Net operating loss carry forwards	251,000,000
Valuation allowance	3,010,000	(82,116,000)	$ 0
Recognized penalties and interest (benefits)	3,000,000	(3,000,000)	1,000,000
Cumulative accrued interest and penalties	17,000,000	2,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, period increase decrease	46,000,000	40,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate	69,000,000	56,000,000	58,000,000
Reasonably possible amount of unrecognized tax benefits may be resolved in the next twelve month	1,000,000
lastminute.com
Income Taxes Disclosure [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	81,000,000	160,000,000
Domestic Tax Authority
Income Taxes Disclosure [Line Items]
Net operating loss carry forwards	$ 944,000,000
Net operating loss carry forwards, expiry period start	2020
Net operating loss carry forwards, expiry period end	2035
Research tax credit carry forwards, expiry period start	2020
Research tax credit carry forwards, expiry period end	2035
Deferred tax assets			$ 86,000,000
Valuation allowance		82,000,000
Domestic Tax Authority \| Research
Income Taxes Disclosure [Line Items]
Research tax credit carryforwards	$ 26,000,000
Domestic Tax Authority \| AMT
Income Taxes Disclosure [Line Items]
Research tax credit carryforwards	21,000,000
Foreign Tax Authority
Income Taxes Disclosure [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets for NOL indefinite carry forwards	$ 80,000,000
Adjustments for New Accounting Pronouncement
Income Taxes Disclosure [Line Items]
Current deferred tax assets		(182,000,000)
Noncurrent deferred tax assets		129,000,000
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities		$ (54,000,000)

Income Taxes - Summary of Components of Pretax Income (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Components of pre-tax income:
Domestic	$ 262,682	$ 109,481	$ 86,908
Foreign	91,225	7,671	19,197
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$ 353,907	$ 117,152	$ 106,105

Income Taxes - Summary of Provision for Income Taxes Relating to Continuing Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current portion:
Federal	$ 1,730	$ 0	$ 16,476
State and Local	(6,249)	(10,099)	10,817
Non U.S.	26,646	20,207	12,805
Total current	22,127	10,108	40,098
Deferred portion:
Federal	89,682	(10,852)	13,239
State and Local	5,715	3,381	71
Non U.S.	1,828	3,642	631
Total deferred	97,225	(3,829)	13,941
Total provision for income taxes	$ 119,352	$ 6,279	$ 54,039

Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation of Statutory Income Taxes and Effective Income Taxes Relating to Continuing Operation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income tax provision at statutory federal income tax rate	$ 123,867	$ 41,003	$ 37,137
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	(1,263)	(3,224)	7,036
Impact of non U.S. taxing jurisdictions, net	13,966	30,476	13,153
Non-taxable gain on remeasurement of previously-held investment in Abacus	(27,279)	0	0
Research tax credit	(3,857)	(3,101)	(3,076)
Tax receivable agreement	0	22,982	0
Valuation allowance	3,010	(82,116)	0
Other, net	10,908	259	(211)
Total provision for income taxes	$ 119,352	$ 6,279	$ 54,039

Income Taxes - Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued expenses	$ 33,823	$ 48,491
Employee benefits other than pension	29,726	22,969
Deferred revenue	57,197	58,779
Pension obligations	34,718	33,281
Tax loss carryforwards	295,329	420,765
Non U.S. operations	609	3,048
Incentive consideration	17,897	3,073
Tax credit carryforwards	36,897	32,879
Suspended loss	23,713	24,046
Other	8,314	11,177
Total deferred tax assets	538,223	658,508
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	(24,938)	(9,381)
Software developed for internal use	(232,924)	(210,736)
Intangible assets	(189,600)	(85,374)
Write off of Intercompany Debt	(35,544)	(36,043)
Unrealized gains and losses	(13,622)	(20,759)
Currency translation adjustment	82	(12,189)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(496,546)	(374,482)
Valuation allowance	(80,775)	(160,092)
Net deferred tax (liability) asset	$ (39,098)	$ 123,934

Income Taxes - Summary of Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of year	$ 58,616	$ 61,241	$ 54,016
Additions for tax positions taken in the current year	8,252	4,565	10,874
Additions for tax positions of prior years	(786)	2,259	5,572
Additions for tax positions from acquisitions	11,343	0	0
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(4,599)	(43)	(196)
Reductions for tax positions of expired statute of limitations	(3,456)	(2,439)	(3,573)
Settlements	(624)	(6,967)	(5,452)
Balance at end of year	$ 68,746	$ 58,616	$ 61,241

Income Taxes - Tax Receivable Agreement (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Percentage of future payments to existing share holders, US federal income tax cash savings	85.00%
Percentage of future payments to other share holders, US federal income tax cash savings	15.00%
Noncurrent income tax payable as per tax receivable agreement			$ 321,000,000
Valuation allowance	$ 66,000,000	$ 66,000,000
Payments made under tax receivable agreement	0
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Estimated future payments under TRA related Tax Assets	$ 387,000,000
Future tax payment period under tax receivable agreement	5 years
Other noncurrent liabilities \| Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Noncurrent income tax payable as per tax receivable agreement		$ 387,000,000

Debt - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Outstanding debt	$ 3,360	$ 3,062
Debt issuance costs	30	21
Net unamortized discount	6	$ 13
Mortgage loan outstanding	$ 81
Mortgage loan interest rate	5.7985%

Debt - Face Value of Outstanding Debt (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 20, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of outstanding debt		$ 3,204,987,000	$ 3,074,171,000
Capital lease obligations		6,502,000	0
Outstanding debt		3,360,000,000	3,062,000,000
Face value of total debt outstanding		3,395,674,000	3,096,606,000
Less current portion of debt outstanding		$ (190,687,000)	(22,435,000)
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate description		L + 3.00%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Feb. 19, 2019
Face value of outstanding debt		$ 1,721,750,000	1,739,500,000
Credit facility amount		$ 1,775,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	1.00%	3.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B Incremental Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate description		L + 3.00%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Feb. 19, 2019
Face value of outstanding debt		$ 342,125,000	345,625,000
Credit facility amount		$ 350,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B Incremental Term Loan Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate		3.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan C
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate description		L + 2.50%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Dec. 31, 2017
Face value of outstanding debt		$ 49,313,000	49,313,000
Credit facility amount		$ 425,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan C \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate		2.50%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolver L Plus 2.75% Due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate description		L + 3.25%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Feb. 19, 2019
Face value of outstanding debt		$ 0	0
Credit facility amount		$ 370,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolver L Plus 2.75% Due 2019 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate		3.25%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolver L Plus 3.75% Due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate description		L + 3.25%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Feb. 19, 2018
Face value of outstanding debt		$ 0	0
Credit facility amount		$ 35,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolver L Plus 3.75% Due 2018 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate		3.25%
Senior Unsecured Notes \| Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		8.35%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Mar. 15, 2016
Senior unsecured notes		$ 165,000,000	400,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Senior Secured Notes Due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		8.50%
Debt instrument, maturity date		May 15, 2019
Outstanding debt		$ 0	480,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| 5.375% Senior Secured Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		5.375%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Apr. 15, 2023
Senior unsecured notes		$ 530,000,000	0
Senior Secured Notes \| 5.25% Senior Secured Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		5.25%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Nov. 15, 2023
Outstanding debt		$ 500,000,000	0
Mortgage Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		5.80%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Mar. 29, 2017
Face value of outstanding debt		$ 80,984,000	$ 82,168,000

Debt - Recent Debt Transactions (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Debt - Recent Debt Transactions (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Feb. 01, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Value of shares repurchased					$ 98,770,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt			$ 31,000,000		38,783,000	$ 33,538,000	$ 12,181,000
Redemption premium			$ 27,000,000
Redemption amount of principal percentage			108.50%
Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt		$ 33,000,000
Repayment of debt			$ 320,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Senior Secured Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of debt instruments at the time of issuance	$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate percentage	5.25%
Senior Secured Notes \| Senior Secured Notes Due March 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of debt instruments at the time of issuance					400,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt					6,000,000
Make whole premium	$ 5,000,000				$ 1,000,000
Repayment of debt	$ 235,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Senior Secured Notes Due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption premium		31,000,000
Make whole premium		2,000,000
Repayment of debt		$ 480,000,000
Redemption amount of principal percentage		6.375%
Common Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of shares repurchased (in shares)	3,400,000				3,400,000
Value of shares repurchased	$ 99,000,000				$ 99,000,000
Term Loan C \| Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility amount					425,000,000
Repayment of debt			$ 296,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt				$ 3,000,000
Credit facility amount					405,000,000			$ 405,000,000	$ 352,000,000
Term Loan B Incremental Term Loan Facility \| Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt							12,000,000
Total net proceeds							$ 350,000,000
Credit facility amount					$ 350,000,000

Debt - Senior Secured Credit Facilities (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 20, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Feb. 01, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Face value of outstanding debt			$ 3,204,987,000	$ 3,074,171,000
Outstanding letters of credit			$ 25,000,000	$ 47,000,000
Percentage of Issued and outstanding voting equity interests, Secured for Debt			65.00%
Percentage of Issued and outstanding non-voting equity interests, Secured for Debt			100.00%
Senior Secured Debt (net of cash) to EBITDA, Leverage Ratio			450.00%	500.00%
Repayments of debt			$ 960,807,000	$ 802,664,000	$ 2,261,061,000
Increase (Decrease) in marginal interest rate			0.50%
Outstanding debt			$ 3,360,000,000	3,062,000,000
Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unused commitment fee percentage			0.375%
Term Loan C
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Excess cash flow payment percentage			50.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage			0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Senior secured leverage ratio			4.0
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Periodic Payment			$ 17,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility amount			1,775,000,000
Face value of outstanding debt			$ 1,721,750,000	1,739,500,000
Equal quarterly principal installments			0.25%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B \| Federal Funds Effective Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	0.50%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	1.00%		3.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B Incremental Term Loan Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility amount			$ 350,000,000
Face value of outstanding debt			$ 342,125,000	345,625,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan B Incremental Term Loan Facility \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate			3.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan C
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility amount			$ 425,000,000
Face value of outstanding debt			49,313,000	49,313,000
Repayments of debt			$ 21,000,000
Repayment of debt		$ 296,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Term Loan C \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate			2.50%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility amount			$ 405,000,000			$ 405,000,000	$ 352,000,000
Face value of outstanding debt			0
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolver L Plus 2.75% Due 2019
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility amount			370,000,000
Face value of outstanding debt			$ 0	0
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolver L Plus 2.75% Due 2019 \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate			3.25%
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolver L Plus 3.75% Due 2018
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility amount			$ 35,000,000
Face value of outstanding debt			$ 0	$ 0
Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Revolver L Plus 3.75% Due 2018 \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate			3.25%
Extended Revolving Credit Facility \| Term Loan B
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Increase (Decrease) in marginal interest rate			(0.25%)
Extended Revolving Credit Facility \| Term Loan B \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Senior secured leverage ratio			3.25
Unextended Revolver \| Term Loan \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Senior secured leverage ratio			3.0
Amended And Restated Credit Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Increase (Decrease) in marginal interest rate			(0.50%)

Debt - Senior Notes (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Debt - Senior Notes (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Nov. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption amount of principal percentage				108.50%
Redemption premium				$ 27,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt				(31,000,000)	$ (38,783,000)	$ (33,538,000)	$ (12,181,000)
Interest paid			$ 19,000,000
Value of shares repurchased					$ 98,770,000
Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of debt				$ 320,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(33,000,000)
Senior Secured Notes \| 5.375% Senior Secured Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of debt instruments at the time of issuance			$ 530,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate percentage			5.375%
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net			$ 522,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| 5.25% Senior Secured Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate percentage	5.25%				5.25%
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net		$ 494,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Senior Secured Notes Due March 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of debt instruments at the time of issuance	$ 400,000,000				$ 400,000,000
Repayment of debt		235,000,000
Make whole premium		5,000,000			1,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt					(6,000,000)
Senior Secured Notes \| Senior Secured Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of debt instruments at the time of issuance		$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate percentage		5.25%
Senior Secured Notes \| Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of debt	235,000,000
Senior Secured Notes \| Senior Secured Notes Due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of debt			$ 480,000,000
Redemption amount of principal percentage			6.375%
Redemption premium			$ 31,000,000
Make whole premium			$ 2,000,000
Senior Unsecured Notes \| Bridge Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of debt instruments at the time of issuance	400,000,000				400,000,000
Senior Unsecured Notes \| Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face value of debt instruments at the time of issuance	$ 165,000,000				$ 165,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate percentage	8.35%				8.35%
Common Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of shares repurchased (in shares)		3,400,000			3,400,000
Value of shares repurchased		$ 99,000,000			$ 99,000,000

Debt - Schedule of Debt Interest Rate (Details) - Senior Secured Credit	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Eurocurrency \| Term Loan B, Prior to Repricing Amendments
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	4.00%
Floor interest rate	1.25%
Eurocurrency \| Term Loan B, Subsequent to Repricing Amendments
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	3.25%
Floor interest rate	1.00%
Eurocurrency \| Term Loan B Incremental Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	3.50%
Floor interest rate	1.00%
Eurocurrency \| Term Loan C
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	3.00%
Floor interest rate	1.00%
Eurocurrency \| Revolver L Plus 3.00% Due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	3.00%
Eurocurrency \| Revolver L Plus 3.75% Due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	3.75%
Base Rate \| Term Loan B, Prior to Repricing Amendments
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	3.00%
Floor interest rate	2.25%
Base Rate \| Term Loan B, Subsequent to Repricing Amendments
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	2.25%
Floor interest rate	2.00%
Base Rate \| Term Loan B Incremental Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	2.50%
Floor interest rate	2.00%
Base Rate \| Term Loan C
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	2.00%
Floor interest rate	2.00%
Base Rate \| Revolver L Plus 3.00% Due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	2.00%
Base Rate \| Revolver L Plus 3.75% Due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Marginal interest rate	2.75%

Debt - Schedule of Effective Interest Rates (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Including the impact of interest rate swaps	4.48%	5.43%	6.86%
Excluding the impact of interest rate swaps	4.48%	4.89%	6.21%

Debt - Aggregate Maturities of Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
2016	$ 190,687
2017	152,095
2018	21,745
2019	2,000,191
2020	956
Thereafter	1,030,000
Face value of total debt outstanding	$ 3,395,674	$ 3,096,606

Derivatives - Additional Information (Details)	12 Months Ended
Derivatives - Additional Information (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) derivative_instrument	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Hedging ineffectiveness recorded in earnings	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Estimated gain reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings as contracts settle	2,000,000
Interest Rate Swap
Derivative [Line Items]
Hedging ineffectiveness recorded in earnings	0
Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability notional amount		$ 750,000,000
Interest rate fair value hedge liability at fair value	14,000,000
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest rate fair value hedge liability at fair value	4,000,000
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest rate fair value hedge liability at fair value	10,000,000
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest Rate Swap
Derivative [Line Items]
Number of derivative instruments \| derivative_instrument		8
Derivative notional amount	$ 750,000,000
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Reclassification from OCI to interest expense related to the derivatives gross		$ 11,000,000	15,000,000
Reclassification from OCI to interest expense related to the derivatives net of tax		$ 7,000,000	$ 9,000,000

Derivatives - Schedule of Unsettled Purchased Foreign Currency Forward Contracts (Details) - Foreign currency forward contracts € in Thousands, ₨ in Thousands, £ in Thousands, zł in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2015 AUD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 INR (₨)	Dec. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2015 PLN (zł)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2014 AUD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 INR (₨)	Dec. 31, 2014 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 PLN (zł)
Short \| Australian Dollar
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 1,570		$ 2,080				$ 5,838		$ 6,750
Average contract rate	0.7548	0.7548	0.7548	0.7548	0.7548	0.7548	0.8649	0.8649	0.8649	0.8649	0.8649	0.8649
Short \| Euro
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 3,169				€ 2,870
Average contract rate	1.1042	1.1042	1.1042	1.1042	1.1042	1.1042
Long \| Australian Dollar
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 939		$ 1,260
Average contract rate	0.7452	0.7452	0.7452	0.7452	0.7452	0.7452
Long \| Euro
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 3,122				€ 2,870		$ 38,777				€ 30,200
Average contract rate	1.0878	1.0878	1.0878	1.0878	1.0878	1.0878	1.2840	1.2840	1.2840	1.2840	1.2840	1.2840
Long \| British Pound Sterling
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 27,415	£ 18,075					$ 37,343	£ 22,950
Average contract rate	1.5167	1.5167	1.5167	1.5167	1.5167	1.5167	1.6271	1.6271	1.6271	1.6271	1.6271	1.6271
Long \| Indian Rupee
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 27,736			₨ 1,880,500			$ 18,748			₨ 1,205,000
Average contract rate	0.0147	0.0147	0.0147	0.0147	0.0147	0.0147	0.0156	0.0156	0.0156	0.0156	0.0156	0.0156
Long \| Polish Zloty
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 59,120					zł 226,500	$ 52,821					zł 171,000
Average contract rate	0.2610	0.2610	0.2610	0.2610	0.2610	0.2610	0.3089	0.3089	0.3089	0.3089	0.3089	0.3089

Derivatives - Schedule of Outstanding and Matured Interest Rate Swaps (Details) - Interest Rate Swap	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
1.48%
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 750,000,000
Interest Rate Received	1 month LIBOR
Interest Rate Paid	1.48%
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt instrument, maturity date	Dec. 30, 2016
2.19%
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 750,000,000
Interest Rate Received	1 month LIBOR
Interest Rate Paid	2.19%
Effective Date	Dec. 30, 2016
Debt instrument, maturity date	Dec. 29, 2017
2.61%
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 750,000,000
Interest Rate Received	1 month LIBOR
Interest Rate Paid	2.61%
Effective Date	Dec. 29, 2017
Debt instrument, maturity date	Dec. 31, 2018
2.03%
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 400,000,000
Interest Rate Received	1 month LIBOR
Interest Rate Paid	2.03%
Effective Date	Jul. 29, 2011
Debt instrument, maturity date	Sep. 30, 2014
2.51%
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount	$ 350,000,000
Interest Rate Received	1 month LIBOR
Interest Rate Paid	2.51%
Effective Date	Apr. 30, 2012
Debt instrument, maturity date	Sep. 30, 2014

Derivatives - Schedule of Estimated Fair Values of Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments (Details) - Designated as Hedging Instrument - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities)	$ 15,493	$ 9,876
Other accrued liabilities \| Foreign exchange contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative instrument, foreign exchange contracts	1,759	8,475
Other accrued liabilities \| Interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative instrument, foreign exchange contracts	3,912	0
Other noncurrent liabilities \| Interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative instrument, interest rate swaps	$ 9,822	$ 1,401

Derivatives - Schedule of Effects of Derivative Instruments Net of Taxes on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Derivative [Line Items]
Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivative, Effective Portion	$ (9,642)	$ (8,797)	$ 3,000
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Cash Flow Hedging
Derivative [Line Items]
Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivative, Effective Portion	(13,444)	(8,797)	2,999
Foreign exchange contracts \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Cash Flow Hedging
Derivative [Line Items]
Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivative, Effective Portion	(5,505)	(7,836)	2,999
Foreign exchange contracts \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Cost of revenue
Derivative [Line Items]
Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Effective Portion	10,646	2,902	915
Interest rate swaps \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Cash Flow Hedging
Derivative [Line Items]
Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivative, Effective Portion	$ (7,939)	$ (961)	$ 0

Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Travelocity
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Goodwill, implied fair value	$ 0

Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (Details) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	$ 36,711
Total	21,218	$ (9,876)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	36,711
Total	36,711
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total	(15,493)	(9,876)
Foreign currency forward contracts
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets (Liabilities)	(1,759)	(8,475)
Foreign currency forward contracts \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets (Liabilities)	(1,759)	(8,475)
Interest Rate Swap
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets (Liabilities)	(13,734)	(1,401)
Interest Rate Swap \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets (Liabilities)	$ (13,734)	$ (1,401)

Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value and Carrying Value of Our 2016 Notes, 2019 Notes and Term Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Term Loan B \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	$ 1,705,609	$ 1,718,843
Term Loan B \| Reported Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	1,716,048	1,732,101
Incremental term loan facility \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	339,559	341,737
Incremental term loan facility \| Reported Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	342,125	345,625
Term Loan C \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	49,251	48,758
Term Loan C \| Reported Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	49,157	49,080
Senior unsecured notes due 2016 \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	165,804	426,250
Senior unsecured notes due 2016 \| Reported Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	164,628	393,973
Senior secured notes due 2019 \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	0	516,300
Senior secured notes due 2019 \| Reported Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	0	480,741
5.375% senior secured notes due 2023 \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	528,013	0
5.375% senior secured notes due 2023 \| Reported Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	530,000	0
5.25% senior secured notes due 2023 \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	494,375	0
5.25% senior secured notes due 2023 \| Reported Value Measurement
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Financial instrument fair value, notes payable	$ 500,000	$ 0

Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 25, 2014	Apr. 23, 2014	Nov. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in initial public offering, net							$ 0	$ 672,137,000	$ 0
Redemption amount of principal percentage				108.50%
Redemption premium				$ 27,000,000
Management fee paid with IPO proceeds								21,000,000
Value of shares repurchased							$ 98,770,000
Common stock cash dividend paid (in dollars per share)					$ 0.09	$ 0	$ 0.09		$ 0
Common stock cash dividend paid					$ 48,000,000		$ 99,000,000
Common stock dividend declared (in dollars per share)						$ 0	$ 98,596,000	$ 47,904,000	$ 0
Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Number of shares redeemed in exchange for common stock shares (in shares)		40,343,529
Dividends annual rate percentage							6.00%
Common stock cash dividend paid							$ 0
Common Stock
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Shares issued (in shares)								45,080,000
Number of shares repurchased (in shares)			3,400,000				3,400,000
Value of shares repurchased			$ 99,000,000				$ 99,000,000
Senior secured notes \| Senior Secured Notes Due 2019
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Repayment of debt							$ 320,000,000
Redemption amount of principal percentage							108.50%
Redemption premium							$ 27,000,000
Debt unpaid interest paid with IPO proceeds							13,000,000
Senior Secured Term Loan C
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Repayment of debt							296,000,000
IPO
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Shares issued (in shares)		39,200,000
Initial public offering price (in dollars per share)		$ 16.00
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in initial public offering, net		$ 672,000,000
Management fee paid with IPO proceeds							$ 21,000,000
Underwriters Overallotment Option
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Shares issued (in shares)	5,880,000
Secondary public offering
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Shares issued (in shares)							103,970,000

Equity-Based Awards - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock reserved and available for issuance (in shares)	16,456,465
Options granted exercisable period (in years)	10 years
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 30,000,000	$ 20,000,000	$ 3,000,000
Stock options exercised, intrinsic value	$ 199,000,000	$ 53,000,000	$ 9,000,000
Weighted-average fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 5.50	$ 4.65	$ 3.89
Unrecognized compensation expense			$ 7,000,000
Unrecognized compensation expense that will be recognized over a weighted-average period	2 years 7 days
Travelocity.ComLLC
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense			$ 4,000,000
2014 Omnibus Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock reserved and available for issuance (in shares)	13,500,000
Performance period (in years)	3 years
Sovereign MEIP and Sovereign 2012 MEIP Plans
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock reserved and available for issuance (in shares)	2,956,465
Time Based Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 15,000,000
Options outstanding (in shares)			1,484,530
Time Based Options \| 2014 Omnibus Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)	4 years
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)	4 years
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
Total fair value of equity instruments other than options	$ 10,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Unrecognized compensation expense that will be recognized over a weighted-average period	2 years 10 months 24 days
Unrecognized compensation expense for awards other than options	$ 19,000,000
Performance-based RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)	4 years
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
Total fair value of equity instruments other than options	$ 11,000,000	$ 6,000,000	$ 0
SARs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options outstanding (in shares)			18,119,884
December 31, 2016 \| Performance-based RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense for awards other than options	12,000,000
December 31, 2017 \| Performance-based RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense for awards other than options	8,000,000
December 31, 2018 \| Performance-based RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense for awards other than options	$ 5,000,000

Equity-Based Awards - Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Stock Options Granted (Detail) - Stock options - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 22.64	$ 16.82	$ 11.91
Average risk-free interest rate	1.75%	1.96%	1.53%
Expected life (in years)	6 years 1 month 10 days	6 years 1 month 10 days	6 years 1 month 10 days
Implied volatility	27.29%	33.28%	30.75%
Dividend yield	1.60%	2.14%	0.00%

Equity-Based Awards - Stock Option Award Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Stock options quantity
Outstanding and Nonvested at beginning (in shares)	18,906,474
Granted (in shares)	1,107,952
Exercised (in shares)	(9,893,143)
Cancelled (in shares)	(155,751)
Outstanding and Nonvested at ending (in shares)	9,965,532	18,906,474
Vested and exercisable ending balance (in shares)	6,242,589
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Outstanding and Nonvested at beginning (in dollars per share)	$ 7.53
Granted (in dollars per share)	22.64
Exercised (in dollars per share)	5.45
Cancelled (in dollars per share)	12.26
Outstanding and Nonvested at ending (in dollars per share)	11.19	$ 7.53
Vested and exercisable at ending balance (in dollars per share)	$ 8.04
Remaining Contractual Term
Outstanding balance	6 years 4 months 24 days	5 years 1 month 6 days
Vested and exercisable ending balance	5 years 2 months 12 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding balance, beginning	$ 240,947
Outstanding balance, ending	167,279	$ 240,947
Vested and exercisable ending balance	$ 124,425

Equity-Based Awards - Stock Option Award Activities Footnote (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Closing price of common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 27.97
Unrecognized compensation expense		$ 7
Sovereign Management Equity Incentive Plan \| Performance-based stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 3

Equity-Based Awards - Restricted Stock Units Activities (Details) - RSUs	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares
Quantity
Unvested, beginning of year (in shares) \| shares	1,730,862
Granted (in shares) \| shares	730,982
Vested (in shares) \| shares	(443,666)
Cancelled (in shares) \| shares	(120,227)
Unvested at end of year (in shares) \| shares	1,897,951
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested, beginning of year (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 16.58
Granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	24.57
Vested (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	16.51
Cancelled (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	18.02
Unvested at end of year (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 19.58

Equity-Based Awards - Performance Based Restricted Stock Units Activities (Details) - Performance-based RSUs	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares
Quantity
Unvested, beginning of year (in shares) \| shares	1,696,907
Granted (in shares) \| shares	985,645
Vested (in shares) \| shares	(508,417)
Cancelled (in shares) \| shares	(54,219)
Unvested at end of year (in shares) \| shares	2,119,916
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested, beginning of year (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 13.65
Granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	22.15
Vested (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	13.34
Cancelled (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	15.94
Unvested at end of year (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 17.63

Earnings Per Share - Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations	$ 29,512	$ 123,124	$ 32,589	$ 49,330	$ 41,230	$ 41,229	$ 6,455	$ 21,959	$ 234,555	$ 110,873	$ 52,066
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests									3,481	2,732	2,863
Preferred stock dividends									0	11,381	36,704
Net income from continuing operations available to common stockholders, basic and diluted									$ 231,074	$ 96,760	$ 12,499
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares)									273,139	238,633	178,125
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock awards (in shares)									6,928	8,114	6,853
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares)									280,067	246,747	184,978
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)									$ 0.85	$ 0.41	$ 0.07
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)									$ 0.83	$ 0.39	$ 0.07

Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Details) - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Common stock equivalents (in shares)	1,000,000	1,000,000	0

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2009	Apr. 30, 2008	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percent reduction in subsidies received per year	20.00%
Period to reduce subsidies received (in years)	5 years
Negative effect of prior service cost recorded in other comprehensive income					$ 57,000,000
Amortization of prior service credit					12,000,000
Amortization of gain associated with plan					4,000,000
Amortization of actuarial loss, net of amortization of prior service credit			$ 4,000,000
Pension Benefits
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amortization of prior service credit			1,432,000	$ 1,432,000	1,432,000
Amortization of gain associated with plan			(7,045,000)	(4,920,000)	(7,383,000)
Net benefit obligation			93,930,000	89,478,000
Pension Benefits \| Other noncurrent liabilities
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Net benefit obligation			$ 94,000,000	89,000,000
401(k) Plan
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percent match of contribution plan			100.00%
Percentage of eligible compensation of contribution plan			6.00%
Expenses recognized related to the 401(k) Plan			$ 20,000,000	18,000,000	18,000,000
LLP
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Decrease in projected benefit obligation		$ 34,000,000
Benefit obligation amortization period (in years)		23 years 6 months
Contribution to pension plan			$ 0	$ 4,000,000	$ 3,000,000
Defined benefit plan percentage of funded status			80.00%
LLP \| Sale of Stock
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan target allocations percentage			38.00%
LLP \| Fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan target allocations percentage			58.00%
LLP \| Real Estate
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan target allocations percentage			4.00%

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Summary of Reconciliation of Changes in Plans Benefit Obligations Fair Value of Assets and Funded Status (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of assets, beginning balance	$ 359,099
Fair value of assets, ending balance	326,586	$ 359,099
Pension Benefits
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at beginning balance	(448,577)	(396,461)
Service cost	0	0
Interest cost	(19,097)	(19,582)	$ (17,930)
Actuarial gains (losses), net	22,669	(56,369)
Benefits paid	24,489	23,835
Benefit obligation at ending balance	(420,516)	(448,577)	(396,461)
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of assets, beginning balance	359,099	342,482
Actual return on plan assets	(8,024)	36,252
Employer contributions	0	4,200
Benefits paid	(24,489)	(23,835)
Fair value of assets, ending balance	326,586	359,099	$ 342,482
Unfunded status at ending balance	$ (93,930)	$ (89,478)

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Summary of Amounts Recognized In Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$ 90,647	$ 90,172
Pension Benefits
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Net actuarial loss	(105,017)	(105,224)
Prior service credit	14,262	15,178
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$ (90,755)	$ (90,046)

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Summary of Net Period Benefit Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amortization of prior service credit			$ (12,000)
Amortization of actuarial loss			(4,000)
Pension Benefits
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Interest cost	$ 19,097	$ 19,582	17,930
Expected return on plan assets	(21,117)	(23,945)	(23,635)
Amortization of prior service credit	(1,432)	(1,432)	(1,432)
Amortization of actuarial loss	7,045	4,920	7,383
Net cost (credit)	$ 3,593	$ (875)	$ 246
Weighted-average discount rate used to measure benefit obligations	4.86%	4.36%	5.10%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net benefit cost:
Discount rate	4.36%	5.10%	4.19%
Expected return on plan assets	6.50%	7.50%	7.75%

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Summary of Obligations Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Details) - Pension Benefits - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Net actuarial loss (gain)	$ 6,472	$ 44,062	$ (43,787)
Amortization of actuarial loss	(7,045)	(4,920)	(7,383)
Amortization of prior service credit	1,432	1,432	1,432
Total loss (gain) recognized in other comprehensive income	859	40,574	(49,738)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other comprehensive income	$ 4,452	$ 39,699	$ (49,492)

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Summary of Fair Value of LPP Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	$ 326,586	$ 359,099
Money market fund
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	5,148	4,709
Real Estate
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	17,308	15,214
Common Collective Trusts \| Fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	180,717	199,683
Common Collective Trusts \| Global \| Global equities
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	123,413	139,493
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	5,148	4,709
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 \| Money market fund
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	5,148	4,709
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	304,130	339,176
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 \| Common Collective Trusts \| Fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	180,717	199,683
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 \| Common Collective Trusts \| Global \| Global equities
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	123,413	139,493
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	17,308	15,214
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 \| Real Estate
Defined Benefit Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Total plan assets at fair value	$ 17,308	$ 15,214	$ 21,714

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Summary of change in Plan Assets Valued Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (level 3) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of assets, beginning balance	$ 359,099
Fair value of assets, ending balance	326,586	$ 359,099
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of assets, beginning balance	15,214
Fair value of assets, ending balance	17,308	15,214
Real Estate
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of assets, beginning balance	15,214
Fair value of assets, ending balance	17,308	15,214
Real Estate \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of assets, beginning balance	15,214	21,714
Contributions	608	300
Net distributions	(687)	(8,712)
Advisory fee	(95)	(245)
Net investment income	393	989
Unrealized gain	1,863	1,159
Net realized gain	12	9
Fair value of assets, ending balance	$ 17,308	$ 15,214

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Summary of Estimated Future Benefit Payments (Details) - Pension $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan, Estimated Future Benefit Payments
2016	$ 29,000
2017	29,000
2018	29,000
2019	28,000
2020	29,000
2021-2025	$ 150,000

Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee paid			$ 21
Affiliated Entity \| Management Services Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee paid			$ 2	$ 7
IPO
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee paid		$ 21
IPO \| TPG and Silver Lake \| Management Services Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee paid	$ 21
Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee paid		5
Minimum \| Management Services Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee paid		5
Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee paid		7
Maximum \| Management Services Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee paid		$ 7

Commitments and Contingencies - Lease Commitments (Details) ft² in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) ft² location country	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Square feet of office space leased (in sqft) \| ft²	1
Number of locations with leased office spaces \| location	108
Number of countries with leased office spaces \| country	54
Rent expense \| $	$ 28	$ 31	$ 33

Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of Minimum Future Non-Cancelable Annual Operating Lease Obligations (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
2016	$ 21,120
2017	19,204
2018	16,209
2019	12,821
2020	10,331
Thereafter	40,582
Total	$ 120,267

Commitments and Contingencies - Anti Trust Litigation and DOJ Investigation (Details)		1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			15 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) municipality lawsuit	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 USD ($) lawsuit	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) municipality lawsuit	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Legal fees and costs										$ 16,709,000	$ 14,144,000	$ 18,514,000
Reserve reversed										60,998,000	41,672,000	(8,156,000)
American Airlines
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits settled \| lawsuit						2
Litigation settlement						$ 222,000,000
Cash payment for legal settlement													$ 200,000,000
Cash payment, installment one									$ 100,000,000
Cash payment, installment two								$ 100,000,000
Settlement liability and related deferred revenue		$ 35,000,000								35,000,000
Settlement liability and related deferred revenue classified as current		30,000,000								30,000,000
US Airways Inc
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum actual damages claimed by lawsuit		45,000,000								45,000,000
Calculated value of tax		73,000,000								$ 73,000,000
Legal fees and costs		$ 6,000,000
Hotel Occupancy Tax Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit		70								70
Penalties and interest	$ 4,000,000
Proceeds from insurance for reimbursement litigation costs										$ 6,000,000
Consumer Class Action Lawsuits
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit		2								2
Dismissed \| Hotel Occupancy Tax Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit		30								30
Pending \| Consumer Class Action Lawsuits
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit		1								1
Minimum \| US Airways Inc
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages claimed			$ 45,000,000
Maximum \| US Airways Inc
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages claimed			73,000,000	$ 20	$ 20
Arizona \| Settled \| Hotel Occupancy Tax Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of municipalities involved in litigation \| municipality		12								12
Hawaii \| General Excise Tax Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation settlement												35,000,000
Penalties and interest			30,000,000
Reduction in accrued liability			10,000,000
Reserve reversed			$ 40,000,000							$ 40,000,000
Charges associated with cases											$ 2,000,000	$ 17,000,000
Washington D.C. and Wyoming \| Hotel Occupancy Tax Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Penalties and interest							$ 6,000,000
Insurance Carriers
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Interest on insurance claims										18.00%
Foreign Tax Authority \| Indian Income Tax Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Interest and penalties related to income taxes										$ 41,000,000

Segment Information - Additional Information (Details) - segment	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	2
Travel Network \| Air Revenue \| Transaction Based Revenue
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction-based revenue percentage	92.00%	90.00%	89.00%
Airline And Hospitality Solutions \| Air Revenue \| Transaction Based Revenue
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction-based revenue percentage	70.00%	70.00%	70.00%

Segment Information - Summary of Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 758,455	$ 785,002	$ 707,091	$ 710,348	$ 646,142	$ 672,480	$ 646,380	$ 666,415	$ 2,960,896	$ 2,631,417	$ 2,523,546
Adjusted Gross Margin									1,316,820	1,146,792	1,060,302
Adjusted EBITDA									941,587	840,028	778,754
Depreciation and amortization									351,480	289,630	287,038
Adjusted Capital Expenditures									350,079	265,038	268,337
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted EBITDA									1,200,737	1,061,325	985,283
Depreciation and amortization									208,778	167,121	129,875
Adjusted Capital Expenditures									299,729	217,516	240,627
Operating Segments \| Travel Network
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									2,102,792	1,854,785	1,821,498
Adjusted Gross Margin									973,915	863,276	860,793
Adjusted EBITDA									877,276	778,677	772,208
Depreciation and amortization									65,765	60,706	52,524
Adjusted Capital Expenditures									73,469	56,091	69,357
Operating Segments \| Airline And Hospitality Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									872,086	786,478	711,745
Adjusted Gross Margin									384,804	337,851	262,386
Adjusted EBITDA									323,461	282,648	213,075
Depreciation and amortization									143,013	106,415	77,351
Adjusted Capital Expenditures									226,260	161,425	171,270
Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									(13,982)	(9,846)	(9,697)
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted Gross Margin									(41,899)	(54,335)	(62,877)
Adjusted EBITDA									(259,150)	(221,297)	(206,529)
Depreciation and amortization									142,702	122,509	157,163
Adjusted Capital Expenditures									$ 50,350	$ 47,522	$ 27,710

Segment Information - Adjusted Gross Margin (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Sep. 30, 2015

Jun. 30, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Sep. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Adjusted Gross Margin

$ 1,316,820

$ 1,146,792

$ 1,060,302

Less adjustments:

Selling, general and administrative

^[1]

557,077

467,594

437,453

Cost of revenue adjustments:

Depreciation and amortization

244,535

198,409

192,423

Amortization of upfront incentive consideration

43,521

45,358

36,649

Restructuring and other costs

6,042

11,491

Stock-based compensation

11,918

8,044

1,356

Operating income

$ 109,400

$ 108,772

$ 122,605

$ 118,992

$ 103,709

$ 117,847

$ 96,082

$ 103,707

$ 459,769

$ 421,345

$ 380,930

[1]

Includes stock-based compensation as follows: Cost of Revenue of $11,918, $8,044 and $1,356 for the years ended December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. Selling, general and administrative of $18,053, $12,050 and $2,031 for the years ended December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Segment Information - Adjusted EBITDA (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jul. 01, 2015
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Gain on remeasurement of previously-held joint venture interest										$ 78,082	$ 0	$ 0
Other expenses, charges resulting from increase in tax receivable agreement liability											66,000
Management fee paid with IPO proceeds											21,000
Adjusted EBITDA										941,587	840,028	778,754
Less adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment										213,520	157,592	123,414
Amortization of capitalized implementation costs										31,441	35,859	34,143
Acquisition related amortization										108,121	99,383	132,685
Amortization of upfront incentive consideration										43,521	45,358	36,649
Interest expense, net										173,298	218,877	274,689
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ 31,000									38,783	33,538	12,181
Other, net										(91,377)	63,860	305
Restructuring and other costs										9,256	10,470	27,921
Acquisition-related costs										14,437	0	0
Litigation costs										16,709	14,144	18,514
Stock-based compensation										29,971	20,094	3,387
Management fees										0	23,701	8,761
Provision for income taxes										119,352	6,279	54,039
Income from continuing operations		$ 29,512	$ 123,124	$ 32,589	$ 49,330	$ 41,230	$ 41,229	$ 6,455	$ 21,959	234,555	$ 110,873	52,066
AIPL
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Gain on remeasurement of previously-held joint venture interest										$ 78,000
Ownership percentage before acquisition		35.00%								35.00%			35.00%
Gain on settlement										$ 12,000
Minimum
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Average expected life of the service contract to cost of revenue										3 years
Management fee paid with IPO proceeds										$ 5,000
Maximum
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Average expected life of the service contract to cost of revenue										5 years
Management fee paid with IPO proceeds										$ 7,000
Corporate Technology Organization
Less adjustments:
Restructuring and other costs												$ 8,000
Integration of Abacus
Less adjustments:
Restructuring and other costs										$ 9,000

Segment Information - Components of Adjusted Capital Expenditures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Additions to property and equipment	$ 286,697	$ 227,227	$ 209,523
Capitalized implementation costs	63,382	37,811	58,814
Adjusted Capital Expenditures	$ 350,079	$ 265,038	$ 268,337

Segment Information - Summary of Revenues and Long-lived Assets excluding Goodwill and Intangible Assets by Geographic Region (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 758,455	$ 785,002	$ 707,091	$ 710,348	$ 646,142	$ 672,480	$ 646,380	$ 666,415	$ 2,960,896	$ 2,631,417	$ 2,523,546
Long-lived assets	627,529				551,276				627,529	551,276
United States
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									1,182,056	1,146,800	1,041,934
Long-lived assets	600,999				519,762				600,999	519,762
Europe
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									581,762	525,694	483,504
Long-lived assets	7,972				23,480				7,972	23,480
All other
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									1,197,078	958,923	$ 998,108
Long-lived assets	$ 18,558				$ 8,034				$ 18,558	$ 8,034

Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Net cash consideration		$ 442,344	$ 31,799	$ 30,200
Subsequent Event \| The Trust Group
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Net cash consideration	$ 159,000
5.25% Senior Secured Notes Due 2023 \| Senior Secured Notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		5.25%

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) - Summary of Quarterly Financial Results (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 758,455	$ 785,002	$ 707,091	$ 710,348	$ 646,142	$ 672,480	$ 646,380	$ 666,415	$ 2,960,896	$ 2,631,417	$ 2,523,546
Operating income	109,400	108,772	122,605	118,992	103,709	117,847	96,082	103,707	459,769	421,345	380,930
Income from continuing operations	29,512	123,124	32,589	49,330	41,230	41,229	6,455	21,959	234,555	110,873	52,066
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax	100,909	53,892	696	158,911	5,734	(3,946)	(16,650)	(24,056)	314,408	(38,918)	(149,697)
Net (loss) income	130,421	177,016	33,285	208,241	46,964	37,283	(10,195)	(2,097)	548,963	71,955	(97,631)
Net (loss) income attributable to Sabre Corporation	129,441	176,340	32,207	207,494	46,400	36,563	(10,897)	(2,843)	545,482	69,223	(100,494)
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders	$ 129,441	$ 176,340	$ 32,207	$ 207,494	$ 46,400	$ 36,563	$ (13,132)	$ (11,989)	$ 545,482	$ 57,842	$ (137,198)
Net (loss) income per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.47	$ 0.64	$ 0.12	$ 0.77	$ 0.17	$ 0.14	$ (0.05)	$ (0.07)	$ 2.00	$ 0.24	$ (0.77)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.46	$ 0.63	$ 0.12	$ 0.75	$ 0.17	$ 0.13	$ (0.05)	$ (0.07)	$ 1.95	$ 0.23	$ (0.74)

SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Balance at Beginning	$ 27.5	$ 25.9	$ 31.4
Charged to Expense or Other Accounts	8.6	10.4	7.1
Write-offs and Other Adjustments	(3.8)	(8.8)	(12.6)
Balance at End of Period	32.3	27.5	25.9
Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Balance at Beginning	160.0	253.1	282.1
Charged to Expense or Other Accounts	(69.8)	(79.3)	(32.6)
Write-offs and Other Adjustments	(9.5)	(13.8)	3.6
Balance at End of Period	80.7	160.0	253.1
Reserve for Value-Added Tax Receivables
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Balance at Beginning	6.9	3.9	36.7
Charged to Expense or Other Accounts	(3.1)	4.0	(32.6)
Write-offs and Other Adjustments	(2.0)	(1.0)	(0.2)
Balance at End of Period	$ 1.8	$ 6.9	$ 3.9