Originally Posted by
cordelli
Hilton doesn't care who pays for the room, it cares whose account the room is reserved in and who is actually staying in the room.
And whether or not the OP think the rule makes sense, it's the rule. A good place to start on questions like this - HHonors mileage accrual rules:
http://hhonors1.hilton.com/en_US/hh/...rual_of_points