Do escalate, but you may be SOL. You'll be asking them to override a published condition, as unfair as it may seem:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">9. HHonors Members cannot accrue more than 100,000 Base points during one stay. </font>
http://www.hilton.com/en/hhonors/ter...rual_of_points
Sorry.
[This message has been edited by Rut Dog (edited 11-11-2003).]