Originally Posted by
RichardKopf
Unless the rules are different in different countries, you cannot transfer Membership Rewards points to the account of anyone other than the basic cardmember.
You can transfer points to your own airline account, and if the airline permits, then transfer pints to a family member. I do this regularly.
It is the same in rules for the US but they are
hardly enforced. Have you tried it to know that they enforce it by you or just assuming?