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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Fees charged to Card Members: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Delinquency fees |  | $ | 196 |  |  | $ | 255 |  |  | $ | 456 |  |  | $ | 506 |
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | 57 |  |  | 250 |  |  | 250 |  |  | 480 |
Other customer fees: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  | 90 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 198 |  |  | 223 |
Travel commissions and fees |  | 5 |  |  | 121 |  |  | 65 |  |  | 229 |
Service fees and other (a) |  | 101 |  |  | 102 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 202 |
Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 449 |  |  | $ | 837 |  |  | $ | 1,169 |  |  | $ | 1,640 |
(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) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Occupancy and equipment |  | $ | 564 |  |  | $ | 517 |  |  | $ | 1,113 |  |  | $ | 1,025 |
Professional services |  | 406 |  |  | 512 |  |  | 845 |  |  | 1,006 |
Other (a) |  | 260 |  |  | 371 |  |  | 561 |  |  | 968 |
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,230 |  |  | $ | 1,400 |  |  | $ | 2,519 |  |  | $ | 2,999 |
(a)Other expense primarily includes general operating expenses, non-income taxes, communication expenses, unrealized gains and losses on certain equity investments, Card Member and merchant-related fraud losses, foreign currency-related gains and losses, and litigation expenses.

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