Originally Posted by
cfischer
that's not o.k. Marriott occasionally audits accounts and if you do this too often you may find your account closed.
SPG has been known to do audits too, sometimes after NYE so that it's too late to book more nights/stays for the year.
IMO it's pretty outrageous to think that you can get credit just for making a booking for someone else. This would make it ridiculously easy for some people to get status even though they don't come close to satisfying the requirements and are not "frequent sleepers" in any sense.