Apple care/ American Express Warranty - Worth it?

I believe that you would have to go through American Express since they are the one that doubled your warranty. I think you would be better off getting Applecare. Gives you phone help and warranty for two additional years.

You can get it cheaper here.

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Mort

You'll have to contact American Express. Once the years warranty is over Apple won't cover it. I'm sure AE will contract the service out to someone (which may or may not be an authorized service center). It would probably work just like any other service center though. They may have a local place that contracts for them or you may have to send it in. I'm sure you could contact AE customer service and get a much better idea than I can provide.

Notebook extended warranties aren't a bad idea. Apple Care probably is worth it IMHO.

If you don't have Apple Care and your one year is up, you'd contact American Express. They may have you get a repair estimate, and then they'd decide whether to pay for the repair, replace the item, or reimburse you for the original cost. (You would need to have all of your original receipts and not be behind in paying your bill at the time you filed the claim.) More info can be found here:
https://www124.americanexpress.com/cards/cda/dynamic.jsp?name=BuyersAssuranceCCSGFAQ&type=intFAQ

Now, what happens if you buy Apple Care? (I purchased my MacBook with AmEx and bought Apple Care at the time, so I wondered that myself.)

This is what the Buyer's Assurance Plan says (on page 2):

"If you purchase an additional service contract or extended warranty with a product which is otherwise eligible under the Buyer's Assurance Plan, and the combined coverage provided by both the original manufacturer’s warranty and the purchased service contract does not exceed five years, then the product is eligible for coverage under the Buyer's Assurance Plan. The Buyer's Assurance Plan will extend the warranty time period and mirror coverage of the original manufacturers' warranty up to one additional year after both the original manufacturer’s warranty and the purchased service contract have expired. ... "

Since the Apple warranty is one year and Apple Care adds three years, the Buyer's Assurance would be tacked on when the Apple Care ended. However, it's not really clear from the way that is worded whether or not you'd have to buy the extended warranty at the time you bought the product. That would be a good question to ask American Express.

The Buyer's Assurance Plan also says (page 2):
"If you buy an additional service contract or an extended warranty for a computer, computer component or part that already comes with an original U.S. Manufacturer’s warranty, unless such coverage is provided from and
administered by the original manufacturer, coverage under the Buyer’s Assurance Plan does not apply."

Since Apple Care is provided by Apple, it would seem that this exception would not apply. That would be another question that might be worth asking American Express.

The American Express Buyer's Assurance plan can be found at https://www124.americanexpress.com/cards/benefits/includes/pdf/buyersAssurance20 03.pdf