Be careful with this route. I had a situation where there was no more award inventory when I decided to switch an award reservation to a GoH booking. I was told I should not risk it since I would need cancel and rebook as GoH.
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.