I think it's weird and totally out of line that Radisson SAS invites a competing airline's top tier members to get instant GPG.

When Rezidor SAS introduced their own program, I contacted them to try and get qualified for gold instantly. There was no way, even if I had 3 Radisson SAS hotels documentation on my spendings/stays the last year. Got the status the next year and I would say its close to useless anyways. Most hotels don't recognize it at all and only the hotels I stay at regularly, give me the welcome fruit and water.

I am scrapping Gold Points as of now and will put all my Radisson SAS stays on my EB card!