Originally Posted by
seaskybound
I know airlines if you don't board you don't get miles
How does it work in HHonors (hotels points is quite new to me...)
Since you're new to hotel points, you presumably didn't know that Hilton has had online check-in for years. In fact, it might be the first chain to have offered that, I'm not sure.
But app or online check-in doesn't mean you don't have to arrive, it just lessens the number of steps you have to go through when you arrive.