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

• 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

• Marriott Bonvoy – earn 2,000 bonus points on every cash stay of 2+ nights, doubled to 4,000 bonus points if you have the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card (requires separate registration), until 26th November.  Registration closes on 12th November – 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 doubled or tripled annual limit when you buy points by 27th November – click here

• IHG One Rewards – get a 100% bonus when you buy points by 16th November – 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

Debit card offers

Yes, we have debit card offers now, following the launch of the two Hilton Honors Debit Cards.

Until 30th November 2024, the NEW Hilton Honors Plus debit card is offering a sign-up bonus of 12,000 Hilton Honors points. The card also comes with Hilton Honors Gold status for as long as you keep it. Click here for more details and click here to apply.

Until 30th November 2024, the NEW Hilton Honors debit card is offering a sign-up bonus of 3,500 Hilton Honors points. The card also comes with Hilton Honors Silver status for as long as you keep it. Click here for more details and click here to apply.

Credit card offers

Until 18th November 2024, the sign-up offer on the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard is increased to 30,000 Virgin Points. You receive 18,000 points with your first purchase and a further 12,000 points when you spend £3,000 within three months. Click here to read our full article on the offer. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: 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.

Until 9th December 2024, there are EXCLUSIVE sign-up offers for our readers on the two Capital on Tap small business Visa cards. You can earn 20,000 points on the Business Rewards card (article here) and 30,000 points on the new Pro card (article here). Click here to apply.

Dates for your diary

Monday 11th November

Last day to book British Airways flights from London City Airport for a 25% discount (fly by late March)

Last day to get 3,000 Emirates Skywards miles with a hotel booking (stay by 31st January)

Tuesday 12th November

Last day to register for Marriott’s autumn bonus points promotion (stay by 26th November) – click here to register

Last day to get 2,000 Avios for issuing your first British Airways American Express supplementary card

Last day to get £75 cashback on a £300 hotel spend with multiple hotel groups via ‘Amex Stays’

Wednesday 13th November

Last day to get 30,000 Marriott Bonvoy points with a ‘Homes & Villas’ booking (stay by 31st January)

Monday 18th November

Last day to get 30,000 Virgin Points as a sign-up bonus on the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard – click here to apply

Wednesday 20th November

Last day to buy Avios via Finnair Plus from just 0.88p each! – click here to buy

Thursday 21st November

Last day for elite members of Accor Live Limitless to earn double points on a 2+ night stay (book by today, stay by 3rd March)

Last day to book in the Accor Live Limitless Europe and North Africa sale (2+ nights required, stay between 15th December and 3rd March, bookings are refundable)

Last day to get a 30% bonus when you transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Virgin Points

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

Sunday 24th November

Last day to book a new Accor hotel and earn quadruple Accor Live Limitless points (stay by 12th January) – click here to register

Tuesday 26th November

Last day to stay for Marriott’s autumn bonus points promotion – click here to register by 12th November

Thursday 28th November

Last to book an Avis car rental and get 80% bonus Avios (collect by 28th February, blackouts apply)

Saturday 30th November

Last day to earn 12,000 Hilton Honors points as a sign-up bonus on the new Hilton Honors Plus debit card – click here to apply

Last day to earn 3,500 Hilton Honors points as a sign-up bonus on the new Hilton Honors debit card – click here to apply

Last day to get a 75% bonus on HSBC Premier credit card points transfers to IHG One Rewards

Last day to book an IHG hotel stay to earn 10 Miles & More miles per $1 spent (stay by 31st December)

Last day to receive between 2,500 and 300,000 Avios (or a cash investment boost) with Nutmeg’s pension transfer offer

Last day to get £50 back via American Express on a £250 pre-paid UK Hertz car rental

Last day to register to earn double World of Hyatt base points at Mr & Mrs Smith hotels (stay by 24th December)

Monday 2nd December

Last day to book a Turkish Airlines flight for £100 American Express cashback

Friday 6th December

Last day to book in the World of Hyatt Europe and Middle East hotel sale (stay by 20th April)

Tuesday 10th December

Last day to get 15,000 Membership Rewards points with a £600 spend at selected Luxury Hotels of the World

Monday 16th December

Last day to get £75 cashback from Amex Travel on a £300 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