table of contents the following discussion of nonoperating income and expense excludes the results of us airways in order to provide a more meaningful year-over-year comparison .interest expense , net of capitalized interest decreased $ 129 million in 2014 from 2013 primarily due to a $ 63 million decrease in special charges recognized year-over-year as further described below , as well as refinancing activities that resulted in $ 65 million less interest expense recognized in 2014 .( 1 ) in 2014 , american recognized $ 29 million of special charges relating to non-cash interest accretion on bankruptcy settlement obligations .in 2013 , american recognized $ 48 million of special charges relating to post-petition interest expense on unsecured obligations pursuant to the plan and penalty interest related to american 2019s 10.5% ( 10.5 % ) secured notes and 7.50% ( 7.50 % ) senior secured notes .in addition , in 2013 american recorded special charges of $ 44 million for debt extinguishment costs incurred as a result of the repayment of certain aircraft secured indebtedness , including cash interest charges and non-cash write offs of unamortized debt issuance costs .( 2 ) as a result of the 2013 refinancing activities and the early extinguishment of american 2019s 7.50% ( 7.50 % ) senior secured notes in 2014 , american incurred $ 65 million less interest expense in 2014 as compared to 2013 .other nonoperating expense , net in 2014 consisted of $ 92 million of net foreign currency losses , including a $ 43 million special charge for venezuelan foreign currency losses , and $ 48 million of early debt extinguishment costs related to the prepayment of american 2019s 7.50% ( 7.50 % ) senior secured notes and other indebtedness .the foreign currency losses were driven primarily by the strengthening of the u.s .dollar relative to other currencies during 2014 , principally in the latin american market , including a 48% ( 48 % ) decrease in the value of the venezuelan bolivar and a 14% ( 14 % ) decrease in the value of the brazilian real .other nonoperating expense , net in 2013 consisted principally of net foreign currency losses of $ 55 million and early debt extinguishment charges of $ 29 million .reorganization items , net reorganization items refer to revenues , expenses ( including professional fees ) , realized gains and losses and provisions for losses that are realized or incurred as a direct result of the chapter 11 cases .the following table summarizes the components included in reorganization items , net on american 2019s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended december 31 , 2013 ( in millions ) : .
[['', '2013'], ['labor-related deemed claim ( 1 )', '$ 1733'], ['aircraft and facility financing renegotiations and rejections ( 2 ) ( 3 )', '320'], ['fair value of conversion discount ( 4 )', '218'], ['professional fees', '199'], ['other', '170'], ['total reorganization items net', '$ 2640']]
( 1 ) in exchange for employees 2019 contributions to the successful reorganization , including agreeing to reductions in pay and benefits , american agreed in the plan to provide each employee group a deemed claim , which was used to provide a distribution of a portion of the equity of the reorganized entity to those employees .each employee group received a deemed claim amount based upon a portion of the value of cost savings provided by that group through reductions to pay and benefits as well as through certain work rule changes .the total value of this deemed claim was approximately $ 1.7 billion .( 2 ) amounts include allowed claims ( claims approved by the bankruptcy court ) and estimated allowed claims relating to ( i ) the rejection or modification of financings related to aircraft and ( ii ) entry of orders treated as unsecured claims with respect to facility agreements supporting certain issuances of special facility revenue .

Question: what was the ratio of the 2014 non operating expense related to early debt extinguishment charges to 2013
Answer: 1.7
Explanation: for every dollar spent in 2013 on early debt extinguishment charges $ 1.7 was spent in 2014