Manatheback
Sorry, but your analogy doesn't compare.
In an expensive restaurant, assuming that you had complained and got no joy and you didn't wish to go there again, you would offer to pay what you thought the meal was worth.
Then you would tell the restaurant to sue you for the balance in a civil action, whereupon you will counterclaim compensation, because, in your opinion, the food was not worth the money.
Then you let the restaurant owners know that you will report the facts to the local newspapers. If they have any commercial sense, the matter ends there.
However, air travel is a completely different situation and I tend to agree with Globaliser's view.