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 – double base points, plus 2000 extra points for weekday checkouts, from 6th September to 31st December – register here

• IHG One Rewards – choose from 2000 bonus points every two nights or 10000 bonus points every four nights, from 13th October to 31st December – register here

• Marriott Bonvoy – 2000 bonus points per stay, starting with your second stay, from 21st September to 15th December – register here by 1st December

• World of Hyatt – earn double points on stays of 2+ nights from 15th September to 20th December – register here

Accor and Radisson are not currently running a global promotion.

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

• Get a 50% bonus when you buy Marriott Bonvoy points by 13th October (buy here)

• Get a 100% bonus when you buy Hilton Honors points by 22nd November (buy here)

Dates for your diary

Closing date currently unknown

Last day for HSBC Premier’s 25% bonus on points transfers to Avios

Sunday 9th October

Last day to get free entry to O2’s pop-up lounge at Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal

Last day to book an Accor hotel stay in Europe to get 500 bonus points (stay by 11th December)

Monday 10th October

The new benefits package on American Express Business Platinum begins

Last day to get £250 American Express cashback on £500 of United Airlines spend

Tuesday 11th October

Last day to get 40,000 points for upgrading from Amex Gold to Amex Platinum, if targetted

Wednesday 12th October

The new benefits package on American Express Preferred Rewards Gold begins

Thursday 13th October

Last day to get a 50% bonus when you buy Marriott Bonvoy points (buy here)

FIRST DAY for stays to count towards the new IHG One Rewards promotion (register here)

Friday 14th October

Last day to book in the Millennium Hotels sale (stacks with ‘£70 back on £200 spend’ Amex offer, stay by 2nd April)

Friday 21st October

Last day to book in the Radisson Hotels sale (stay between 1st November and 15th January)

Tuesday 25th October

Last day to apply for American Express Platinum and get the huge 60,000 Membership Rewards points bonus and a £200 travel credit! (apply here)

Friday 28th October

Last day to book an Air France flight to benefit from the £200 American Express cashback for spending £1,200

Monday 31st October

Last day to earn cashback on PayPal transactions via American Express

Tuesday 1st November

Last day to get a 3 month free trial of mycitizenM+ (HfP exclusive)

Sainsbury’s cuts the earning rate on the Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card by 75% when shopping in its stores – there is now little point in keeping this card

Thursday 3rd November

Last day to get a 30% bonus on American Express Membership Rewards transfers to Hilton Honors

Sunday 6th November

Elizabeth Line starts to run direct trains from Heathrow into Central London

Tuesday 8th November

Last day to get 40,000 Marriott Bonvoy points as a sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card (apply here)

Last day to get £50 American Express cashback on a £500 British Airways spend (long haul Economy, Premium Economy only)