Originally Posted by
josephstern
Just book it for you, and if you can't make it, transfer it to him as GoH at the last minute. There's no timeline for that - I'm pretty sure you can even do it the day of check-in.
It would be an entirely different reservation, meaning cancellation window is important so having someone else show up in your place and asking to change it to GOH last minute won’t fly, especially in Asia.
If I were the hotel owner or basically any hotel owner with common sense would say you’re SOL. They’d collect the 1 night fee which is cash, not points at a minimum, some properties it may be more than the cost of one night. They then don’t have to provide any points, benefits or anything.
Why risk any of that?
And worst of all having your guest stuck with no reservation and having to make last second plans.