Wouldn't have flown - wouldn't have decide to fly

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Rewrite each situation as a conditional sentence with mixed time frames.


6. My brother decided to fly to Rio de Janeiro last week because he got a free ticket.

[FONT=&quot]6. My brother wouldn’t have flown to Rio de Janeiro last week if he hadn’t gotten a free ticket.[/FONT] (Answer Key)

This is my question: Instead of "Wouldn't have flown" can I put " wouldn't have decide to fly"?
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Source: Summit 2B (by Joan Saslo and Allen Ascher) Pearson
Longman Press, Unit6, Conditionals
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This is my question: Instead of "Wouldn't have flown" can I put " wouldn't have decided to fly"?

Yes. It's a better answer (with my correction).
 

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Thank you 5JJ. Just one more thing, I think the book has made a small mistake. You know where?
If you look at the instruction of the book exercise: "Rewrite each situation as a conditional sentence with mixed time frames."
You will see that the answer can/is not written in mixed time conditional. The answer key is not a mixed time conditional one.
Do you agree with me on that?
 

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I don't think it's a particularly useful or clear instruction but there are two times involved - the decision to fly came after the receiving of the ticket.
 
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