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 double base points on all stays between 2nd May and 2nd September – register here

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

• Hilton Honors – get a 100% bonus (some may see less) when you buy points by 24th September – click here

• IHG One Rewards – get a 100% bonus when you buy points by 7th September – click here

• World of Hyatt – get a 20% discount when you buy points by 8th October – click here

Credit card offers

The sign-up bonus on The Platinum Card by American Express now includes £400 to spend at Amex Travel, as well as 40,000 Membership Rewards points. This offer runs to 27th August. Click here for our full article and click here to apply.

Dates for your diary

Sunday 11th August

Last day to get £75 cashback on a £300 IHG spend with American Express

Wednesday 14th August

Last day to get £75 cashback on a £200 Marriott spend with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card

Last day to buy Virgin Points with a 60% bonus – click here to buy

Friday 16th August

Last day to book a British Airways flight to the USA and earn double Avios (fly by June 2025)

Last day to get £150 to £250 cashback on Virgin Atlantic flights with American Express

Sunday 18th August

Last day to transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Emirates at 1:1 before it drops to 4:3

Monday 19th August

Last day to get £200 cashback on a Qantas flight booking with American Express

Last day to match your British Airways status to SkyTeam status (and soon Star Alliance status) with ITA

Friday 23rd August

Last day to get 125,000 Virgin Points by transferring a pension to Virgin Money

Tuesday 27th August

Last day to get a £400 Amex Travel credit, plus the usual 40000 Membership Rewards points, when you get The Platinum Card from American Express – click here to apply

Saturday 31st August

SAS leaves Star Alliance, joins SkyTeam the following day

Last day to save 25% on a SeatSpy subscription with our exclusive offer

Last day to stay for IHG’s targeted summer bonus points offers

Last day to book and use a £10 one way Heathrow Express ticket

Last day to redeem Nectar points for eBay credit

Sunday 1st September

SAS joins the SkyTeam airline alliance

Last day to get 1,000 Virgin Points with your first purchase at Virgin Trains Ticketing (and double points for everyone else)

Monday 2nd September

Last day for stays to count towards the Hilton Honors double points promotion (register here)

Saturday 7th September

Last day to get a 100% bonus buying IHG One Rewards points – click here to buy

Sunday 8th September

Last day to book and stay in the Hilton summer weekends sale

Wednesday 11th September

Last day to get 10% cashback on any British Airways transaction with American Express (targeted)

Thursday 12th September

Last day to book in the IHG European hotel sale

Friday 13th September

Last day to save 10%-15% on Heathrow Express tickets with American Express

Last day to get £50 cashback on £200 of Hilton spend in Asia Pacific with American Express

Last day to get 5,000 IHG One Rewards points by signing up as a new member

Sunday 15th September

Last day to get 250 Avios for joining Marriott Bonvoy – no stay needed

Last day to register for double points at Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels (stay by 15th October)