Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : So I'm going on a trip with my family, and we found out a year ago about this trip. During the initial planning we realized that there would be 3 free vouchers for these people to go for free. It was decided who would get these, and my brother was one of them.  


For the past few years though my brother's been a flake. He'll commit to going to something, only to not show up and you can text or call to see where he's at but he won't get back to you until 3-5 days later. So this was concerning for my parents and myself because if we use the voucher on him and he decides to flake, we A) won't know till day of and B) we would be out for the value of the free voucher.  


My parents asked him to confirm if he could go. His response was along the lines of "at this present time I can say yes, but I'm not sure". So not quite instilling confidence. Neither my brother, parents, or myself could cover the cost of his trip on such short notice, so ultimately they decided to not use the voucher on him and use it on me. This was a surprise to me and while I had paid off the trip I won't say no to the credit.  


Now my other family are emailing me, and they're saying that I'm an asshole for being motivated to get the voucher as I'd get to go for free. Thing is though is since now I'm going from a double occupancy to a single, I'm only getting a portion back; and I'm paying my mom back for the deposit she paid for him. So it's not really a motivator here. Still, I suppose I just want to know for my own self whether I am in the right or not.