Originally posted by DOC 2 BE:
I have dined at some Hilton restaurants w/o staying at the hotel, and when using the HHonors AMEX, I HAVE Gotten 5 points/$ because the charge comes out as saying Hilton!
Yep, that's because of the way AmEx has it coded. I was talking about "regular" HHonors points (10 per $ spent) that are not dependent on the means of payment.