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Does Amex still offer the extended warranty with Applecare?

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Trojita

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Oct 29, 2009
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They supposedly used to, but nothing on their site says they do anymore.

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/content/card-benefits/extended-warranty/faq.html

1. How does the Extended Warranty work?
When you charge the cost of a covered product with your American Express® Card, the Extended Warranty1 will extend the terms of the original manufacturer's warranty for a period of time equal to the duration of the original manufacturer's warranty, up to one additional year on warranties of five years or less that are eligible in the U.S.
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Apple is the one who offers the warranty, not a third party. Therefore, under AMEX's terms, getting AppleCare (which extends Apple's original warranty) should effectively grant you 3 years of Apple coverage + 1 year of AMEX coverage for a total of 4 years.
 
Atemporal said:
Apple is the one who offers the warranty, not a third party. Therefore, under AMEX's terms, getting AppleCare (which extends Apple's original warranty) should effectively grant you 3 years of Apple coverage + 1 year of AMEX coverage for a total of 4 years.
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Even with your description, one would interpret that the extended applecare is NOT part of the original warranty. The extended apple care is an item that supplements the existing original warranty.

That is just my take on it. OP should ask Amex if an official answer is to be had.
 
I'll agree that it's a tricky subject that the OP should definitely ask AMEX; I'm planning on asking AMEX myself in a few days when tax-free holiday hits so I can upgrade myself.

It's something that is definitely a battle over semantics, since AppleCare is an extension of the original warranty, and can therefore be argued also to be the original warranty, just extended. AppleCare+ is also 3 years, and AMEX will acknowledge any warranties under 5 years.

FWIW, my friend's 2008 MBP was repaired under AMEX coverage two months ago after his AppleCare ran out.
 
You will get 4 years if computer and AppleCare are purchased with AmEx. Discover does the same with some of their cards. There are other threads about this in the forum. Unfortunately, the search function is down, so you may have to wait a little while, but there's lots of discussion/confirmation from others who purchased using AmEx.
 
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