Originally Posted by jerry a. laska

While I don't know the details of your issue, restrictive cancellation policies during major events (like the super bowl, F1 races, major conventions, the World Cup) have been around for a number of years. What I think is becoming more prevalent is resorts instituting a very restrictive cancellation penalty due to the number of speculative bookings that are being made. I learned my lesson (lost some points) with this a number of years ago.