Understandable if we take the casino's viewpoint, but I hope there would be a little more fairness, and give the smaller players a chance to clear the bonus slowly. I hope that the BlackJack.Fun admins consider the suggestion of clearing them per $0.10 at x20 or less wager requirement.
Plus you were also right in your suggestion that there's truly no point for the casino to require the players to clear the bonus from free spins because they were already earned by the players through their wagers. I believe the bonuses that would require clearing would be the free coins given by RoboRain.
I really thought that they are only adding wagering requirements on money that is earned on free spin from chat or other event and not on tournament reward since its already double wager requirements for the player but Im surprised when I saw that winner of daily tournament is asking how to claim is reward Bitcoin. Having a 40x wagering requirements for 100mbtc or more for a whale frustrating too since theres a chance that they will lose more than the reward balance that they can play.
In the end, the player should keep wagering and participating on tournament in able to keep chasing the pending reward on your bonus.
Hows your progress on clearing your bonus? What game you are playing?