Good luck with United. We couldn’t get anything but a voucher from them because they didn’t cancel our flight. But you might have better luck since the EU isn’t allowing U.S. citizens to travel to the EU…at all.
United wasn’t hard to deal with…not a lot of time on hold, easy online request for a cancellation from the customer (that’s how you get your voucher). But a refund? We put in a refund request and our reason was event cancelled due to Covid restrictions. It took them less than 24 hours to deny that.
But with no travel to the EU allowed from here…you have a better chance than we did.
ETA…in my opinion, United is a terrible airline. Terrible. We only used them for this trip because we wanted a non-stop flight. I’ll find someplace to use the rotten voucher, but I never…NEVER will book with United again.
Does anyone know if there is any restriction flying to CA? I am flying with DD there next month to help her moving in, not sure if anything we should be expected when we arrive at the airport?
@Nhatrang stores like Ikea, Target and Walmart are all still opened in Southern California. I have heard that lines are very long at Ikea. You may do better just ordering the stuff for when you arrive and then put it together rather than going to a bunch of stores to try and find things.
That’s good to know, thanks everyone. I tried to tell DD to look online but she thinks just deal when we get there. If I tell her it could take hours of waiting to get in and to check out from Ikea, she will be more motivated to look online now.
I think we will just get the mattress/bed from Costco. I think the hardest to find is desk/chair to her liking.
@Nhatrang if you have a car you will find stores open even if you have to drive a bit East. My D lives about an hour from Berkeley and I know stores in her city are open.
IKEA’s stuff is made JIT overseas. Yup, inventories could be very scattered. We have a very good experience with a standing desk (motorized) from Costco. I like my $100 chair from Costco, too.
Even if you go to actual B&M stores @Nhatrang , they will not let you sit or test the furniture in any way. So online is as good as it gets…
Thanks, another idea we haven’t thought of - “pre-order for pick up”. This is our dilemma - we can’t order online b/c we can’t control when it will arrive. If we order too early then no one there to receive and assemble it, the apartment is ready for her to move in August 15. I am there with her from August 19 to 24.
So if we could pre-order from the specific store in CA and schedule for pick-up, that would be ideal.
My husband is so torn over this, originally he and DS were going to go with us to CA to help her settling in. But since NJ requires 2 weeks of quarantine when coming back from CA, they have to be home b/c DS has soccer and school, can’t afford the quarantine. So this leaves me and her to deal with everything. I am a little stressed out about this. I never open a box of Ikea (or any place for that matter) furniture before and assemble them by myself. DD thinks it’s not a problem she can figure it out. Just a lot of logistics to deal with…
Agree with thumper1, but also go to a regular furniture store. They deliver and set up. Older S brought his mattress from home to his new city apartment, but we went to a furniture store and picked out something nice to us (but cheap probably compared to most on here). They delivered it in 2 weeks - all set up and ready to go. He lived out of suitcases and a mattress on the floor for 2 weeks, but he’s young. He lived.
Had he not brought his mattress, I would have gotten him an air mattress since he was getting real furniture later. That being said, older S did have a bed in a box/frame from Walmart for his senior year of school. He really liked it. We would have kept it for younger S, but his apartment came furnished.
We did spend a considerable amount of time online beforehand, researching furniture stores in his location to see their price point and stock. We only went to 1 store once we were there, but had 2 back-ups just in case.