two elite levels, same room, one reimbursement
For a potential weeklong stay at a Sheraton in Europe: my Bonvoy status is down to gold now but my partner is platinum. I'll be arriving a day earlier. I'm the one being reimbursed, so I need to have either the prepaid reservation in my name or the final receipt in my name. Which of the following do you recommend in order for us to enjoy whatever platinum benefits are available?
* Two reservations, one for me the first night with obviously no platinum benefits, and then a reservation in my partner's name for the subsequent nights which I then pay for reimbursement
* One reservation in my partner's name but with me as a named guest--assuming that they'd let me check in the first night without him, which maybe is a bad assumption?
* One reservation in my name that we then try to switch to his name and status once he arrives--not even sure this is possible