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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Other Cost And Expense Disclosure Operating (Tables) [Abstract] |
Details of other commissions and fees | The following is a deta il of Other fees and commissions for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Delinquency fees |  | $ | 200 |  | $ | 195
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  |  | 196 |  |  | 211
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  |  | 94 |  |  | 91
Travel commissions and fees |  |  | 80 |  |  | 89
Service fees |  |  | 78 |  |  | 87
Other(a) |  |  | 32 |  |  | 35
| Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 680 |  | $ | 708
Other primarily includes revenues from fees related to Membership Rewards programs.
Details of other revenues | The following is a detail of O ther revenues for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Global Network Services partner revenues |  | $ | 145 |  | $ | 164
Gross realized gains on sale of investment securities |  |  | 4 |  |  | ―
Other(a) |  |  | 337 |  |  | 304
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 486 |  | $ | 468
Other includes revenues arising from net revenue earned on cross-border Card Member spending, merchant-related fees, insurance premiums earned from Card Member travel and other insurance programs, Travelers Cheques-related revenues, revenues related to the GBT JV transition services agreement, earnings from equity method investments (including the GBT JV) and other miscellaneous revenue and fees.
Detail of other, net expense | The following is a detail of Other expenses for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Professional services |  | $ | 604 |  | $ | 624
Occupancy and equipment |  |  | 465 |  |  | 434
Communications |  |  | 83 |  |  | 88
Card and merchant-related fraud losses |  |  | 58 |  |  | 100
Gain on sale of JetBlue HFS portfolio(a) |  |  | (127) |  |  | ―
Other(b) |  |  | 337 |  |  | 153
| Total Other Expenses |  | $ | 1,420 |  | $ | 1,399
Refer to Note 2 for additional information. Other expense inclu des general operating expenses, gains and losses on sale of assets or businesses not classified as discontinued operations, litigation, certain internal and regulatory review-related reimbursements and insurance costs or settlements, certain loyalty coalition-related expenses, the valuation allowance adjustment associated with loans and receivables HFS during the quarter (refer to Note 2), and for eign currency-related gains and losses (including the favorable impact from the reassessment of the functional currency of certain UK legal entities in prior year).

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