Charging my mother to use my airline voucher?

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I have a voucher with an airline that is worth about £250. I can use it for booking flights for someone else.

My mother needs to travel somewhere soon and is going to travel with the airline I have the voucher for. I tend to be the organise my mum’s travel for her. Would I be mean spirited to use the voucher but ask her for the full cash payment?

E.g. her flight costs £800. I ask her for £800 cash and use the voucher. So I get £250 cash.

I would probably use the voucher at some point in the future on my own flight. But would rather use it sooner to be sure it doesn’t go to waste.

I would do it, makes no difference to her and you’re doing her a favour anyway sorting her travel.

Couldn't you give her a discount at all? Seems a bit mean spirited to charge you're own mum full price

Yeah I guess £50 off wouldn’t hurt

No issue at all, no discount needed unless you’re treating her for birthday or similar.

I don't see the problem.

Unless you would normally pay part of your mums flight I don’t see the problem with what you’re suggesting.

Depends if she's strapped for cash or not? If she hasn't got a lot of money I would save her £250.

Just ask for the cash and don't mention it. I don't know why you should be expected to subsidise her unless there is some massive back story.

Wow! She's your mother?! Unless you're on the stately homes thread, I'd just gift it to her or at most ask for 50%. I certainly wouldn't ask her for 100% as that's her actual doing you a favour. Tight as. 🙄

Depends if you can also use the voucher or not, at some point.

If you can then charge her
If you can't then charge her half

Jesus that’s tight.

I think it’s fine. Just a method of payment, surely?

Providing you tell her and she’s ok with it, and there aren’t any conditions or limitations associated with her using it then why not?

If she can’t afford the flight she wouldn’t be booking it. How you pay is just a transaction and nothing to do with your mum. If you were booking the flight for your mum without the voucher, would you pay £250 from your own account? If not, it’s no different with the voucher. Nothing to do with being tight as some pp have said. Your thread title is misleading.

Did you pay for the voucher originally? If so then yes you can use it towards the ticket cost and charge her the full amount. If it's a freebie then no I wouldn't.

That’s a good point. I was presuming the OP had paid for the voucher but if not haven’t then no, you shouldn’t make money from it.

Why ? If the op gives it to her mum she can't use it herself ! I'm very interested as to why people think she should automatically subsidise her mum yet know nothing of the financial situation. My parents are loaded, I wouldn't expect to subsidise someone with no mortgage and half a million in the bank with a £250 flight voucher when I have nowhere near their assets

Has it occurred to you that the op might not be particularly in a position to give £250 to her mum ?
and the op isn't "making money" from it, if she uses it to book a flight fir her mum she can't use it herself. How are some people so hard of thinking ?

I’ve had a flight voucher before as a refund / compensation from an airline. It was owed to me for something I endured, not a freebie. OP owns the voucher, it’s not up for grabs.