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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses | Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses The following is a detail of Other fees and commissions for the three and nine months ended September 30:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |  |
(Millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Fees charged to Card Members: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Delinquency fees |  | $ | 257 |  |  | $ | 238 |  |  | $ | 763 |  |  | $ | 712 |
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | 252 |  |  | 233 |  |  | 732 |  |  | 691 |
Other customer fees: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Travel commissions and fees |  | 108 |  |  | 104 |  |  | 337 |  |  | 315 |
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  | 106 |  |  | 120 |  |  | 329 |  |  | 338 |
Service fees and other (a) |  | 102 |  |  | 103 |  |  | 304 |  |  | 309 |
Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 825 |  |  | $ | 798 |  |  | $ | 2,465 |  |  | $ | 2,365 |
(a)Other includes Membership Rewards program fees that are not related to contracts with customers. Revenue expected to be recognized in future periods related to contracts that have an original expected duration of one year or less and contracts with variable consideration (e.g. discount revenue) are not required to be disclosed. Non-interest revenue expected to be recognized in future periods through remaining contracts with customers is not material. The following is a detail of Other expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |  |
(Millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Occupancy and equipment |  | $ | 544 |  |  | $ | 489 |  |  | $ | 1,569 |  |  | $ | 1,493 |
Professional services |  | 491 |  |  | 489 |  |  | 1,497 |  |  | 1,454 |
Other (a) |  | 320 |  |  | 382 |  |  | 1,293 |  |  | 1,160 |
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,355 |  |  | $ | 1,360 |  |  | $ | 4,359 |  |  | $ | 4,107 |
(a)Other expense primarily includes general operating expenses, a litigation-related charge for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, communication expenses, Card Member and merchant-related fraud losses, and unrealized gains and losses on certain equity investments.

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