It will depends on the local laws/regulations that apply to distance-selling and the card network rules. Considering there is clearly no bad faith involved from

It will depends on the local laws/regulations that apply to distance-selling and the card network rules. Considering there is clearly no bad faith involved from the buyer (he's not even trying to weasel out of the booking - he was looking forward to use the service he paid for), I'd say he has a good chance.