Originally Posted by
kapshah
...The reason I ask is because I was upgraded at Hilton, while traveling in 2013, to a "H-Honors room" but I never signed up for H-Honors nor do I have any status with them...
The complimentary upgrade benefit for HH Gold means Hilton has to upgrade you when it is available. At the least, a room with a better view (but usually a suite).
Yours was not an upgrade, but you simply got a room on a designated floor.