Something like this happened to me with Hyatt Hotels and Northwest Airlines back in 1990 when I first started collecting miles and points. Back then, not only did you receive points for the hotel stay but 500 airline miles as well.

I stayed at the Capitol Square Hyatt in Columbus, Ohio. When my Northwest statement arrived the next month, there was no credit for the Hyatt in Columbus but for:

Hyatt Hotel Bonus -- Cap Haitien, Haiti

I had a good laugh, called NW and it was explained to me that even though there is no Hyatt in Haiti, the information is entered by code and someone punched in CAP thinking it was the code for the CAPitol Square Hyatt when it actually was the airport/OAG code for the airport in that Haitian city.

Anyway, the NW rep decided to leave it alone since the actual mileage bonus was correct. She thought it was funny too.