Is an airport express bought after an iMac has the same protection coverage as the iMac apple care?

Hi, I'm planning to buy an airport express in Thailand. I currently have an iMac+apple care which apple care terms states that the protection will cover my airport express as long as the iMac is covered. The apple care guy here said that, the airport express will only be covered if u bought it at the same time as the iMac which is not what the term stated at all. They called all of the apple people in Thailand which still concluded with the same answer for me. Anyone have an idea?

The information you got from Apple Care is correct. Apple will provide coverage for the AirPort base station or Time Capsule if it is purchased with a Mac. Otherwise they do not offer coverage just for the base stations themselves.

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