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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses [Abstract] |
Details of other commissions and fees | The following is a detail of Other fees and commissions for the years ended December 31:
(Millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Fees charged to Card Members: |  |  |  |  |  |
Delinquency fees |  | $ | 772 |  |  | $ | 1,028 |  |  | $ | 959 |
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | 433 |  |  | 982 |  |  | 921 |
Other customer fees: |  |  |  |  |  |
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  | 435 |  |  | 456 |  |  | 461 |
Service fees and other(a) |  | 421 |  |  | 407 |  |  | 417 |
Travel commissions and fees |  | 102 |  |  | 424 |  |  | 395 |
Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 2,163 |  |  | $ | 3,297 |  |  | $ | 3,153 |
(a)Other includes Membership Rewards program fees that are not related to contracts with customers.
Detail of other, net expense | The following is a detail of Other expenses for the years ended December 31:
(Millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Occupancy and equipment |  | $ | 2,334 |  |  | $ | 2,168 |  |  | $ | 2,033 |
Professional services |  | 1,789 |  |  | 2,091 |  |  | 2,125 |
Other(a) |  | 1,202 |  |  | 1,597 |  |  | 1,506 |
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 5,325 |  |  | $ | 5,856 |  |  | $ | 5,664 |
(a)Other expense primarily includes general operating expenses, communication expenses, non-income taxes, unrealized gains and losses on certain equity investments, Card Member and merchant-related fraud losses and litigation expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Other expense also includes the loss on a transaction involving the operations of our prepaid reloadable and gift card business.

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