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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Commissions And Fees | The following is a detail of Other fees and commissions for the three and six months ended June 30:
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
(Millions) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Fees charged to Card Members: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Delinquency fees |  | $ | 255 |  |  | $ | 232 |  |  | $ | 506 |  |  | $ | 474 |
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | 250 |  |  | 233 |  |  | 480 |  |  | 458 |
Other customer fees: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  | 109 |  |  | 107 |  |  | 223 |  |  | 218 |
Travel commissions and fees |  | 121 |  |  | 112 |  |  | 229 |  |  | 211 |
Service fees and other (a) |  | 102 |  |  | 102 |  |  | 202 |  |  | 206 |
Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 837 |  |  | $ | 786 |  |  | $ | 1,640 |  |  | $ | 1,567 |
(a) Other includes Membership Rewards program fees that are not related to contracts with customers.
Other Net Expense | The following is a detail of Other expenses for the three and six months ended June 30:
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
(Millions) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Occupancy and equipment |  | $ | 517 |  |  | $ | 484 |  |  | $ | 1,025 |  |  | $ | 1,004 |
Professional services |  | 512 |  |  | 508 |  |  | 1,006 |  |  | 965 |
Other (a) |  | 374 |  |  | 321 |  |  | 973 |  |  | 778 |
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,403 |  |  | $ | 1,313 |  |  | $ | 3,004 |  |  | $ | 2,747 |
(a) Other expense primarily includes general operating expenses, a litigation-related charge for the six months ended June 30, 2019, communication expenses, Card Member and merchant-related fraud losses, and unrealized gains and losses on certain equity investments.

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