Originally Posted by StayingHomeIsBetter

Don't all of these schemes remove (waste) one night from the available inventory for award rooms that someone else might need? Or the hotel might sell to a paying customer?

And to what gain? OP gets another night's stay credit?

I am actually amazed that Hilton credits award stay nights for elite qualification.

Usually, when we lose a benefit, it is because the hotel or airline claims that the benefit is being abused.

What the OP suggests sounds like abuse.