Important dates for your diary – offers about to close which you shouldn’t miss

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running offers for HfP readers has made it very clear that a large proportion like to leave things to the last minute ….

It pulls together the different deals mentioned in our daily articles and on our Top Avios Points Earning Offers, Top Hotel Bonus Points Offers and Top UK Credit Card Offers pages.

Hotel promotions and ‘buy points’ offers

Here are registration links for the current hotel promotions from the major chains:

• Hilton Honors – earn 2,500 bonus points on all stays, cash or reward, until 31st December – register here

• Hilton Honors – earn double base points on all stays, cash or on F&B spend on reward stays, from 1st January to 30th April 2025 – register here

• IHG One Rewards – earn 3,000 bonus points for every two cash nights you stay, not necessarily, consecutive, until 31st December – register here

• IHG One Rewards – get triple base points for every stay between 1st October and 31st December at five niche brands (voco, avid hotels, EVEN Hotels, Atwell Suites and Garner Hotels) – register here

• World of Hyatt – earn double base points (so 10 per $1 equivalent) on stays in EMEA and Asia Pacific between 7th October and 20th December. Registration closed on 4th November. – register here

The following hotel ‘buy points’ offers are currently running:

• Hilton Honors – get an 80% to 100% bonus with a potentially doubled annual limit when you buy points by 31st December – click here

• Marriott Bonvoy – get a 40% or 45% bonus when you buy points by 23rd December (annual purchase limit is increased to 150,000 points plus your bonus) – click here

• World of Hyatt – get a 25% bonus when you buy points by 4th January (annual purchase limit is increased to 110,000 points and you could buy your 2025 allowance between 1st and 4th January to benefit twice) – click here

Credit card offers

Until 14th January 2025, the sign-up bonus on ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is increased to 30,000 Membership Rewards points. This converts into 30,000 Avios. Our full article is here. Click here to apply.

Until 14th January 2025, the sign-up bonus on The Platinum Card from American Express is increased to 80,000 Membership Rewards points. This converts into 80,000 Avios! The spend requirement is changed to £10,000 in six months for this offer. Our full article is here. Click here to apply.

Dates for your diary

Sunday 15th December

Last day to get double Virgin Points (6 per £1) when you book with Virgin Trains Ticketing

Last day for HSBC Premier customers to get a discount on Cathay Pacific flights

Monday 16th December

Last day to get £75 cashback from Amex Travel on a £300 hotel or car booking

Last day to get £100 back on a £250 WorldHotels booking via American Express

Last day to get 100% cashback (up to £100) with any Virgin Atlantic spending on American Express

Friday 20th December

Last day to for stays to count towards Hyatt’s double points promotion across its EMEA and Asia Pacific hotels (registration is now closed)

Last day to get £50 back on £250 spend with American Express at participating Radisson Rewards hotels

Monday 23rd December

Last day to get a 40%-45% bonus when you buy Marriott Bonvoy points – click here to buy

Last day to save £250 on Cathay Pacific business class flights (UK to destinations beyond Hong Kong)

Tuesday 24th December

Last day to get double World of Hyatt base points at Mr & Mrs Smith hotels (register by 30th November)

Friday 27th December

Last day to get £50 back on £200 spend with American Express at participating Hilton Honors hotels

Tuesday 31st December

Last day to get an 80% to 100% bonus buying Hilton Honors points – click here to buy

Last day to get £350 cashback on a £700 spend with United Airlines on American Express

Last day for stays to count for IHG’s ‘3,000 bonus points for every two nights’ promotion – click here to register

Last day to earn triple base points at five niche IHG One Rewards brands – click here to register

Last day for stays to count towards the Hilton Honors autumn bonus points promotion – click here to register

Last day to get 20% cashback at 1,300 UK restaurants with Amex Gold or Amex Platinum

Last day to book an event, to be held by 30th June, with IHG to earn double IHG Business Rewards points

Last day to get £75 or £100 cashback via American Express on Marriott Bonvoy stays

Last day to get £75 cashback via American Express on a £300 IHG One Rewards stay

Last day to get £70 cashback via American Express on a £200 stay with Millennium Hotels

Last day to get £50 cashback on £150 of spend with Minor Hotels and American Express

Last day to get £80 cashback via American Express on a £400 stay with The Peninsula hotels

Last day to get 250 Avios for joining the Marriott Bonvoy hotel programme – no stay required!

Wednesday 1st January

FIRST DAY for stays to count towards Hilton’s new ‘double base points’ promotion – click here to register

Saturday 4th January

Last day to get a 25% bonus when you buy World of Hyatt points, with your annual limit increased to 110,000 points – click here to buy

Last day to get triple Avios at Bicester Village via Qatar Airways Privilege Club

Monday 6th January

Last day to get £100 American Express cashback with £250 of Hyatt hotel spend

Friday 10th January

Last day to get up to 10,000 bonus Heathrow Rewards points with jewellery, watches and technology

Tuesday 14th January

Last day to get 80,000 Membership Rewards points (converts to 80,000 Avios) with The Platinum Card from American Express – click here to apply

Last day to get 30,000 Membership Rewards points (converts to 30,000 Avios) with ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold – click here to apply