Lol - fair/unfair are not words I apply to life. No bubble to burst. I don't recall using the word other than to say it was not about that.
Your analogy does not work, unless you are asking if I have ever paid a bouncer to get into a club and deny entry to  someone else who has aleady booked a place. I wouldn't do it ... maybe you would
But as you say this is the XMR thread, so lets end it, even though it is entirely relevant to why people should be looking closer at XMR and its adaptive blocksize.

All I will say is XMR does not suffer from this problem as it simply makes a bigger club to accommodate the extra people. Let's just say I prefer that world

EDIT: Going to bed now knowing I probably won't be able to travel until some random time tomorrow at best or for another 20 hours when the bus company returns my money enabling me to buy another ticket. How convenient  
Might check out where I can sign up for their customer loyalty scheme first  
Or maybe look for another bus company ...