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Express Replacement Service for intermittant battery issues

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My Iphone 6s Plus is starting to show signs of weird battery problems (draining quickly, sometimes down 50% overnight, and sometimes even when plugged in). I've reset it, reinstalled apps, fiddled with the settings, etc, but the issue remains. I'd like to replace it with the Express Replacement Service, but the battery issues are random, rather than constant (I took it into the Apple store last month, and the diagnostic tool didn't show any problem at all).

I'm willing to pay the $100 fee for a replacement, and I don't want to wait too long since my Applecare+ runs out in two months. Will there be a problem, since my issues are sporadic rather than constant?

Thanks.