Originally Posted by asterix881
You have to have, specifically, a Radisson goldpoints account to be able to transfer at 8:1 ratio to all the airlines mentioned in the first post e.g. BA, SAS etc. If you have a regular non-Radisson goldpoints account you can only transfer to NW, DL and US at 10:1. There is a difference in Radisson and non-Radisson GP - it depends on how the account was opened.
I've got a GoldPoints account through TGI Friday's, opened automatically many years back (when they switched from their own points to Goldpoints).
Since this basically dooms me to a crappy exchange rate and fewer choices, I'm wondering whether it's possible to "switch" to a Radisson Goldpoints account. Does anyone know whether I can open a Radisson account and then get all my existing points transferred over to the new account? Or, could I have Radisson switch my account over to a Radisson account, for the extra perks? Anyone have luck doing something like this?