I do not think so since there is no physical damage and with AC+, you have the extended warranty and if they find something that's faulty not of your fault, they don't use your incident.
My understanding with the express replacement is they put a hold of the total cost onto your CC, they send you the replacement unit, and once you receive the replacement unit, you send your original back, and once they receive the original back, then they drop the hold from your CC.