Originally Posted by
Horace
Marriott Bonvoy allows you to use your Marriott Bonvoy points to book a room for someone else. This is called a Gifted Award Reservation. You must call Marriott to make a Gifted Award Reservation.
However, Marriott Bonvoy does not allow you to use a Free Night Award certificate to book a room that you will not occupy yourself.
The details are here:
https://help.marriott.com/s/article/Article-22282
Thank you! Wish I was able to find that on the Marriott site. Ugh!