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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 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.
Other Net Expense | 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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