Advice needed for buying MBA using 'in store pickup'

[VillagePunk]

Dear all,

I'm from Hungary, Europe travelling to California and Arizona on the 17th May with family.
I'm planning to order a custom 13" MBA with 8gigs of Ram and British keyboard on apple.com (or a refurbished rMBP-not yet decided), choosing in store pickup for delivery, as it is more than 30% cheaper compared to European prices.

My main problem is that I'm spending more than one night only at my last destination in Tucson, in the city where I could order the MB to be shipped BUT there's only about 75% that I get to Tucson, depending on plane ticket availability.

What if I order the MBA online, pay for it, Apple ships it to the retail store in Tucson and I don't pick it up at all?

Will apple see it as failed shipping and transfer my money back? (hopefully without any condition)

Does ordering a custom machine makes any difference in refunding my payment? I realize that a british keyboard makes it different to re-sell the device in the US.

(I know I could go with a device on stock..but that 8gb ram and brit keyboard...or cheaper rMBP..)

Thanks!

 

[cgguy]

Ship to hotel

Ship it to the hotel a few days before and have them hold it for you. I've done this several times (not laptops but other products).

 

[VillagePunk]

Ship it to the hotel a few days before and have them hold it for you. I've done this several times (not laptops but other products).

I don't reserve hotel rooms in advance so that's not an option.

 

[johnboy14]

Do you want to book a hotel in advance or do you not want to save 30% on the laptop?

You control your own destiny here.