diff --git a/enterprise_access/apps/api/serializers/subsidy_access_policy.py b/enterprise_access/apps/api/serializers/subsidy_access_policy.py
index 14f815f3..3811a9f8 100755
--- a/enterprise_access/apps/api/serializers/subsidy_access_policy.py
+++ b/enterprise_access/apps/api/serializers/subsidy_access_policy.py
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ class SubsidyAccessPolicyCanRedeemRequestSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         allow_empty=False,
         help_text='Content keys about which redeemability will be queried.',
     )
+    lms_user_id = serializers.IntegerField(
+        required=False,
+        help_text='The user identifier for which redeemability will be queried (only applicable to staff users).',
+    )
 
 
 # pylint: disable=abstract-method
@@ -664,7 +668,7 @@ class SubsidyAccessPolicyCanRedeemElementResponseSerializer(serializers.Serializ
     """
     Response serializer representing a single element of the response list for the can_redeem endpoint.
     """
-    content_key = ContentKeyField(help_text="requested content_key to which the rest of this element pertains.")
+    content_key = ContentKeyField(help_text="Requested content_key to which the rest of this element pertains.")
     list_price = ListPriceResponseSerializer(help_text="List price for content.")
     redemptions = serializers.ListField(
         # TODO: figure out a way to import TransactionSerializer from enterprise-subsidy.  Until then, the output docs
diff --git a/enterprise_access/apps/api/v1/tests/test_subsidy_access_policy_views.py b/enterprise_access/apps/api/v1/tests/test_subsidy_access_policy_views.py
index 9aa8bacb..6b2f2bb7 100755
--- a/enterprise_access/apps/api/v1/tests/test_subsidy_access_policy_views.py
+++ b/enterprise_access/apps/api/v1/tests/test_subsidy_access_policy_views.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     REASON_LEARNER_ASSIGNMENT_CANCELLED,
     REASON_LEARNER_ASSIGNMENT_FAILED,
     REASON_LEARNER_NOT_ASSIGNED_CONTENT,
+    REASON_LEARNER_NOT_IN_ENTERPRISE_GROUP,
     REASON_NOT_ENOUGH_VALUE_IN_SUBSIDY,
     AccessMethods,
     MissingSubsidyAccessReasonUserMessages,
@@ -1109,7 +1110,7 @@ def test_policy_redemption_forbidden_requests(self, role_context_dict, expected_
         response = self.client.get(reverse('api:v1:policy-redemption-credits-available'), query_params)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, expected_response_code)
 
-        # The can_redeem endpoint
+        # The can-redeem endpoint
         url = reverse(
             "api:v1:policy-redemption-can-redeem",
             kwargs={"enterprise_customer_uuid": self.enterprise_uuid},
@@ -1789,12 +1790,18 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
         self.non_redeemable_policy = PerLearnerEnrollmentCapLearnerCreditAccessPolicyFactory()
 
-        group_uuid = uuid4()
         PolicyGroupAssociationFactory(
-            enterprise_group_uuid=group_uuid,
+            enterprise_group_uuid=TEST_ENTERPRISE_GROUP_UUID,
             subsidy_access_policy=self.redeemable_policy
         )
 
+        enterprise_user_record_patcher = patch.object(
+            SubsidyAccessPolicy, 'enterprise_user_record'
+        )
+        self.mock_enterprise_user_record = enterprise_user_record_patcher.start()
+        self.mock_enterprise_user_record.return_value = TEST_USER_RECORD
+        self.addCleanup(enterprise_user_record_patcher.stop)
+
     def test_can_redeem_policy_missing_params(self):
         """
         Test that the can_redeem endpoint returns an access policy when one is redeemable.
@@ -2283,6 +2290,96 @@ def test_can_redeem_subsidy_client_http_error(self, mock_get_client):
             'subsidy_status_code': str(status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE),
         }
 
+    @ddt.data(
+        {'is_staff': True, 'lms_user_id_override': 1234, 'expected_can_redeem': False},
+        {'is_staff': True, 'lms_user_id_override': None, 'expected_can_redeem': True},
+        {'is_staff': False, 'lms_user_id_override': 5678, 'expected_can_redeem': True},
+        {'is_staff': False, 'lms_user_id_override': None, 'expected_can_redeem': True}
+    )
+    @mock.patch('enterprise_access.apps.subsidy_access_policy.subsidy_api.get_and_cache_transactions_for_learner')
+    @mock.patch('enterprise_access.apps.api.v1.views.subsidy_access_policy.LmsApiClient')
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_can_redeem_lms_user_id_override_for_staff(
+        self,
+        mock_lms_client,
+        mock_transactions_cache_for_learner,
+        is_staff,
+        lms_user_id_override,
+        expected_can_redeem,
+    ):
+        """
+        Test that the can_redeem endpoint allows staff to override the LMS user ID.
+        """
+        self.user.lms_user_id = TEST_USER_RECORD['user']['id']
+        # Authenticate as a staff user
+        if is_staff:
+            self.user.is_staff = True
+        else:
+            self.user.is_staff = False
+        self.user.save()
+        self.set_jwt_cookie([{
+            'system_wide_role': SYSTEM_ENTERPRISE_LEARNER_ROLE,
+            'context': self.enterprise_uuid,
+        }])
+
+        # Setup mocks
+        mock_enterprise_customer_data = {
+            'uuid': self.enterprise_uuid,
+            'slug': 'sluggy',
+            'admin_users': [{'email': 'edx@example.org'}],
+        }
+        mock_lms_client.return_value.get_enterprise_customer_data.return_value = mock_enterprise_customer_data
+
+        if is_staff and lms_user_id_override:
+            test_other_user_record = copy.deepcopy(TEST_USER_RECORD)
+            test_other_user_record['user']['id'] = lms_user_id_override
+            test_other_user_record['enterprise_group'] = [uuid4()]  # different group membership
+            self.mock_enterprise_user_record.return_value = test_other_user_record
+        else:
+            self.mock_enterprise_user_record.return_value = TEST_USER_RECORD
+
+        mock_transactions_cache_for_learner.return_value = {
+            'transactions': [],
+            'aggregates': {
+                'total_quantity': 0,
+            },
+        }
+        test_content_key = 'course-v1:demox+1234+2T2023'
+        mock_subsidy_content_data = {
+            'content_uuid': str(uuid4()),
+            'content_key': test_content_key,
+            'source': 'edX',
+            'content_price': 19900,
+        }
+        self.mock_get_content_metadata.return_value = mock_subsidy_content_data
+        query_params = {'content_key': test_content_key}
+        if lms_user_id_override:
+            query_params['lms_user_id'] = lms_user_id_override
+        with mock.patch(
+            'enterprise_access.apps.subsidy_access_policy.content_metadata_api.get_and_cache_content_metadata',
+            return_value=mock_subsidy_content_data,
+        ):
+            response = self.client.get(self.subsidy_access_policy_can_redeem_endpoint, query_params)
+
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+        response_json = response.json()
+        assert len(response_json) == 1
+        assert response_json[0]['content_key'] == test_content_key
+        assert response_json[0]['can_redeem'] == expected_can_redeem
+        learner_not_in_group_reason = {
+            'reason': REASON_LEARNER_NOT_IN_ENTERPRISE_GROUP,
+            'user_message': MissingSubsidyAccessReasonUserMessages.LEARNER_NOT_IN_ENTERPRISE,
+            'metadata': {
+                'enterprise_administrators': mock_enterprise_customer_data['admin_users'],
+            },
+            'policy_uuids': [str(self.redeemable_policy.uuid)],
+        }
+        assert response_json[0]['reasons'] == [] if expected_can_redeem else [learner_not_in_group_reason]
+
+        # Reset current user to be non-staff
+        self.user.is_staff = False
+        self.user.save()
+
 
 @ddt.ddt
 class TestSubsidyAccessPolicyGroupViewset(CRUDViewTestMixin, APITestWithMocks):
diff --git a/enterprise_access/apps/api/v1/views/subsidy_access_policy.py b/enterprise_access/apps/api/v1/views/subsidy_access_policy.py
index aace29f8..b0a3b463 100755
--- a/enterprise_access/apps/api/v1/views/subsidy_access_policy.py
+++ b/enterprise_access/apps/api/v1/views/subsidy_access_policy.py
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ def get_queryset(self):
             enterprise_customer_uuid=self.enterprise_customer_uuid,
         ).order_by('-created')
 
-    def evaluate_policies(self, enterprise_customer_uuid, lms_user_id, content_key):
+    def evaluate_policies(self, enterprise_customer_uuid, lms_user_id, content_key, skip_customer_user_check=False):
         """
         Evaluate all policies for the given enterprise customer to check if it can be redeemed against the given learner
         and content.
@@ -499,7 +499,9 @@ def evaluate_policies(self, enterprise_customer_uuid, lms_user_id, content_key):
         all_policies_for_enterprise = self.get_queryset()
         for policy in all_policies_for_enterprise:
             try:
-                redeemable, reason, _ = policy.can_redeem(lms_user_id, content_key, skip_customer_user_check=True)
+                redeemable, reason, _ = policy.can_redeem(
+                    lms_user_id, content_key, skip_customer_user_check=skip_customer_user_check
+                )
                 logger.info(
                     f'[can_redeem] {policy} inputs: (lms_user_id={lms_user_id}, content_key={content_key}) results: '
                     f'redeemable={redeemable}, reason={reason}.'
@@ -718,7 +720,8 @@ def can_redeem(self, request, enterprise_customer_uuid):
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
 
         content_keys = serializer.data['content_key']
-        lms_user_id = self.lms_user_id or request.user.lms_user_id
+        lms_user_id_override = serializer.data.get('lms_user_id') if request.user.is_staff else None
+        lms_user_id = lms_user_id_override or self.lms_user_id or request.user.lms_user_id
         if not lms_user_id:
             logger.warning(
                 f'No lms_user_id found when checking if we can redeem {content_keys} '
@@ -767,7 +770,10 @@ def can_redeem(self, request, enterprise_customer_uuid):
             # so we don't unnecessarily call `can_redeem()` on every policy.
             if not successful_redemptions:
                 redeemable_policies, non_redeemable_policies = self.evaluate_policies(
-                    enterprise_customer_uuid, lms_user_id, content_key
+                    enterprise_customer_uuid,
+                    lms_user_id, content_key,
+                    # don't skip the customer user check if we're using an override lms_user_id
+                    skip_customer_user_check=not bool(lms_user_id_override),
                 )
 
             if not successful_redemptions and not redeemable_policies: