Apple+ Email Solicitation: Legit?

[Penman61]

I ordered my 4S early Friday morning. That evening I received this email:

Dear Apple Customer,

Thank you for your recent iPhone purchase at the Apple Online Store.

We would like to let you know that every iPhone comes with one year of
hardware repair coverage through its limited warranty and up to
90 days of complimentary support. AppleCare+ for iPhone extends your
coverage to two years from the original purchase date of your iPhone
and adds up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each
subject to a $49 service fee.

We noticed you weren’t given the opportunity to add AppleCare+ to your
iPhone. If you would like to extend your coverage for only $99, please
reply to this email.

Thank you for shopping with Apple.

Sincerely,
Apple Online Store Team

I ask whether it's legit because I've never heard of "reply to this email" as a way to purchase Applecare.

Thoughts?

 

[wurt]

I ordered my 4S early Friday morning. That evening I received this email:



I ask whether it's legit because I've never heard of "reply to this email" as a way to purchase Applecare.

Thoughts?

its legit. others have confirmed.

 

[appleguy123]

Real

 

[LapsangSouchong]

Real

Excellent sig.

 

[bassett700]

More discussion and insight:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1242414/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1243817/

 

[appleguy123]

Excellent sig.

Thanks!

 

[Penman61]

Thanks, all. I've replied to the email, and I'll report back if there's a problem.

 

[Penman61]

Update:

I replied Sunday to the Applecare+ email. The Applecare+ hadn't shown up on my order as of Monday night, so I called Apple support.

The rep said that because I had requested Applecare+ "manually," it won't show up on my Apple orders page, but when I receive the iPhone (it's in transit, due to arrive 10/14), if I call in for service, the Applecare+ will be "connected to the serial number of the phone."

So: Should I accept what the rep said and just wait for the phone to arrive, or should call back and request something more solid?

Or should I do something else altogether?