Originally Posted by Antipode

I think the question was about if the passenger decides to cancel the trip. If United cancels these bookings, yes, they will of course refund the taxes without charging the refund/redeposit fee. But if they decide to honor the tickets, then who knows? My guess is that they will hold you to the terms and charge the refund/redeposit fee, but perhaps they will let it slide to get as many of these bookings canceled as possible.

Originally Posted by StevenSeagalFan

A California law to protect consumers would supersede a federal law.