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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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 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. 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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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 720 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122503 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 610 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=49130413 + Details
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