Originally Posted by
craigthemif
You transfer your points to your friend and they book the room themselves.
If you want to scam the system to earn some elite status credit, do your research to see whether the chosen hotel will ask for you to show up with your i.d. (leaving your friend without a room) Some countries / hotels take a more strict approach to showing ID than the US does.
This FTer is correct. If all you wanted to do is gift them a stay then you could transfer them them the points.
There is definitely something more going on here. 🙄