Hi all. Thanks for your comments. I shall perhaps clarify my second point.

Obviously when staying at a property, I would charge on my room instead of paying separately.

Instead, I was referring to earning F&B points when not staying at the property. In big cities, it’s becoming increasingly common to dine at hotel restaurants without staying. For such customers, Hilton doesn’t make things easy, as compared to Marriott and Hyatt which have the adequate systems integrated with the POS.