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Ya, we're going to try to negotiate with the owner to try and change the rental date to 2022. The airfare is a credit they'll apply for us, so we can just re-book in a year's time. But - we probably won't get the same configuration - front cabin, large seats, first boarding, first off, luggage off the conveyor first.

I want to say that in the US right now there is some rule in effect that when a state goes over a certain % of cases they have to let you cancel or postpone a reservation. I know a conference that DW was attending, was to be in May, got rescheduled twice and was finally cancelled. All money was refunded.

You may need to play a little hardball to negotiate with the landlord.

The airlines are more flexible now than they have ever been.

I've used VRBO for the Fla rental, as well as the previous AZ rental. Each rental owner has some flexibility in their terms. I've only paid a deposit in for the fla rental, but its fairly substancial. The fla rental owners have changed thie terms to now include full refund or credit. Im going to try to get our dates moved back 12 months.

You are correct in that the airlies are more flexible, however, they stated their cancellation woukd only result in a credit, not cash refund. Im ok with that as i know we're going go be travelling at some point in the future, but not until a vaidated and tested Covid-19 vaccine is available.

I fear landlords are going to be hard hit in the coming months. When the government prohibits eviction the mortgage companies don't waive the payments. I personally would be real cautious about deposits to far in advance. In the US deposits are an unsecured advance and should the deposit holder get into trouble you are SOL.

The rental agent may or may not have protections in place and they may or may not be a well financed entity. The financial fallout from Covid has not yet begun.

Yep, i hear you. The agency only has so much say in these matters and only step in if resolve between renter and owner isn't working. And even then, VRBO can't force, or decide a resove on the issue.

If enough issues come up with a specific owner, most of the time, they just de-list their property.

Maybe this is the wrong forum for this, and if it's thought to be a "politically charged" post, I'll understand if it's removed. Given the chance it will not be removed, I'll give it a go.

There's a lot of talk in the news about US Presidential pardons lately - some of them that may, or may not be coming. But, there's talk of a bunch of pardons coming, in the days ahead. Who may be getting one, well, is anyone's guess.

I think the anticipated pardons are being called "preemptive pardons". I'm not a lawyer, and can only guess that this sort of thing, at least to me, if legal, looks and sounds like it's giving protection from prosecution for someone who has not been charged with anything as yet, but could be. It's kind of like, well, someone could have done something nefarious, and this person (or persons) could receive a Presidential pardon even though not currently charged with anything.

So, firstly, this sounds like it is protection for those who are most likely guilty of something. I don't know how legal this is because we don't have that sort of thing here. It is called something else here, "suspension of record", but I'm not clear on how similar they are.

Secondly, In the USA, is it possible, legally, to charge someone after the fact, who may have committed a crime, even though they've received a presidential pardon? I understand, depending on the crime it may be chargeable at the state level, but not sure about Federal charges. Has anyone in the past, who has receive such a pardon, ever been charged with the crime, or act they've been pardoned for?

Thoughts?

I don't know for sure about:

Secondly, In the USA, is it possible, legally, to charge someone after the fact, who may have committed a crime, even though they've received a presidential pardon? I understand, depending on the crime it may be chargeable at the state level, but not sure about Federal charges. Has anyone in the past, who has receive such a pardon, ever been charged with the crime, or act they've been pardoned for?

but I don't think it has ever been done at the Fed level.

A Fed pardon does not exclude state prosecution of state violations to the best of my knowledge.

Pelosi is a very vindictive ######, about as dirty as they come and I would not put anything past her.

Ya, I don't know either. It's just a popular news talking point from some media outlets in the US these days.

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