Topic Wiki

IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW REWARD BOOKINGS WORK BEFORE YOU TRANSACT.

1.   Marriott certificates can be used for any reservation that can be booked with points. To search for reward availability simply go to marriott.com and check the box to search "using points".
Marriott hotels are divided into categories. (Cheapest being category one)

What room types can you book?
You can book any STANDARD room that's available at marriott.com using reward points with no cap on the number of points. (standard room means it not an upgraded room. Every hotel lists their rooms differently, In some hotels, the standard room may even include suites)
To check, go to marriott.com and search for rooms. Make sure to check the option "Use Points/Certificates".

If it says:
Redemption - You can book that room no matter how many points it is
Redemption with Cash Upgrade - You can book however, the cert will cover the basic portion you will need to pay the additional cash upgrade fee.
Redemption with Points Upgrade - You cannot book using a certificate

2.   There are a few different types of certificates. Seven/five night certificates are the hotel portion of "Marriott travel packages" that the owner does not want or need anymore (google Marriott packages to learn more about them). Individuals many times buy these packages just to receive the airline miles and don’t end up using the hotel portion of the package. There are also single night certs given to account holders for holding a Marriott brand credit card

3.   A 7/5night-night certificate must be used for 7 consecutive nights. The reservation cannot be split up.

4.   In order to hold the room, you need a credit card. Your card will be kept for incidentals and you won't be charged for the room.

5.   MUST be booked BOOK 30 Days in Advance. THIS IS A TECHNICAL GLITCH WHICH MARRIOTT CLAIMS TO BE FIXING, HOWEVER, ITS MORE THAN A YEAR THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. In order to book with a certificate, reps must create the reservation as a points advance and then attach the cert. Marriott recently made a new rule that reservations made within 30 days aren’t eligible for points advance. If the account, you are booking with has enough points to cover the reservation you can book it as regular points and have the rep detach the points and attach the certificate.

6.   Travel package certs must be booked over the phone. Single night certs can be booked online

7.   The certificate sits on the account holders account and the elite night credits are officially credited to them. There is no way to transfer those stays to your account.

8.   If you are the traveler do not call Marriott reservations. This reservation is in someone else's account and calling may result in his/her account getting audited and the reservation canceled.

9.   The certificate covers the cost of the reservation including tax but does NOT include any resort fees, parking, and incidentals (for example food charged to the room)

10.   It's not possible to entirely remove the certificate owner from the reservation but your name is added as a secondary guest and a special code is added (M8 code) to inform the hotel that this reservation is in fact gifted to you. The hotels are very much aware of this.

You should be able to check-in as you would to a regular reservation with your own ID. You will need to provide a credit card to cover any incidentals, resort fees, and parking fees if there are any.

11.   You cannot add your Marriott account number to the reservation and generally, the hotel will go by the status on our account (which may be silver or gold at the time of check-in) however, it depends very much on the front desk rep at the time of check-in

12. Certs cannot be combined - e.g. you can't combine two 35k certificates to book a 60k room.

13. The "free fifth night" only applies to points bookings, not certificates.

See post #5805 for a history of bid/ask on these 1/5/7 night certificates of different levels
« Last edited by David61 on November 16, 2022, 12:09:46 PM »

Author Topic: Marriott Certs Sale  (Read 1649683 times)

Offline flyer31

  • Dansdeals Gold Elite
  • ***
  • Join Date: Dec 2015
  • Posts: 188
  • Total likes: 3
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
  • Location: lax
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1020 on: April 17, 2017, 01:44:59 PM »
Selling 1 night from Silver account for $105. Expiry is 03/2018

Offline Smokey Joe Robinson

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: Apr 2011
  • Posts: 3027
  • Total likes: 6
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
  • Location: New York
  • Programs: SPG Gold, HHonors Gold, Hyatt Plat, Club Carlson Gold Elite, Best Western Diamond Elite, Marriott Rewards Silver, Hertz President's Circle, National Executive Elite, Sixt Platinum, Delta Silver Medallion, United Premier Silver
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1021 on: April 19, 2017, 03:03:28 PM »
selling a few 7 nights certs for $300 each.
My Programs Are Listed So That I Don't Forget Them :)

Offline Yaalili

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 10K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Jul 2009
  • Posts: 12764
  • Total likes: 473
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 157
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Location: Crown Heights, NY
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1022 on: April 19, 2017, 09:59:24 PM »
Selling 1 night Cat 1-5 at $105 OBO.

Offline shmoe joe

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Feb 2016
  • Posts: 1406
  • Total likes: 121
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 3
    • View Profile
  • Location: austin texas
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1023 on: April 20, 2017, 07:03:18 PM »
Looking to buy tier 3 certificates.
give some love (likes) to a brother!

Offline vinod

  • Dansdeals Silver Elite
  • **
  • Join Date: Aug 2015
  • Posts: 84
  • Total likes: 1
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
  • Location: North Dakota
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1024 on: April 20, 2017, 07:52:43 PM »
Looking to purchase certificates, for use this weekend.  Staying 21st and 22nd night.  Please message me with whatever you have, can purchase Immediately!  Even lesser category ares fine. 

Offline Hudi

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite + Lifetime Silver Elite
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2011
  • Posts: 525
  • Total likes: 10
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 4
    • View Profile
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1025 on: April 21, 2017, 03:54:52 PM »
Hi all, I have a Cat 1-5 on a Silver account expires 09/22/17. Asking $75

Offline zagguru

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: May 2014
  • Posts: 3107
  • Total likes: 171
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 70
    • View Profile
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1026 on: April 30, 2017, 06:07:17 PM »
Have 2 1-5 certificates available. One is gold account and one is silver. Asking $85 for gold and $75 for silver

Offline Yaalili

  • Dansdeals Lifetime 10K Presidential Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Jul 2009
  • Posts: 12764
  • Total likes: 473
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 157
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Location: Crown Heights, NY
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1027 on: April 30, 2017, 07:51:46 PM »
Selling 1 night Cat 1-5 at $105 OBO.

Bump.

Offline Baglach

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite
  • ****
  • Join Date: Jan 2014
  • Posts: 497
  • Total likes: 72
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 19
    • View Profile
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1028 on: May 01, 2017, 07:29:13 AM »
Selling some cat 1-5 7 nights @300$

Offline ttn

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite + Lifetime Silver Elite
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2016
  • Posts: 665
  • Total likes: 34
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 2
    • View Profile
  • Location: lakewood
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1029 on: May 02, 2017, 08:01:10 PM »
Looking to buy  1 night certificate $65 obo

Offline odin99

  • Dansdeals Silver Elite
  • **
  • Join Date: Jun 2016
  • Posts: 56
  • Total likes: 3
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
  • Location: gold coast
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1030 on: May 02, 2017, 11:22:19 PM »
1 night 1-5cat - gold account. $85
7 night cert, 1-5cat - gold account. $350

Online Agoldsc1

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Jun 2015
  • Posts: 1518
  • Total likes: 125
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 1
    • View Profile
  • Location: New York, NY
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1031 on: May 03, 2017, 12:55:37 PM »
According to the Marriott website, each night at a category 6 hotel is 30,000 points per night, and each night a Tier 1 RC is also 30,000 points per night. However, to upgrade a 7 night certificate to category 6 is an extra 30,000 points, but to upgrade it to Tier 1 RC is 150,000 points. Am I missing something?!

Offline nobiggy

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Dec 2012
  • Posts: 2341
  • Total likes: 14
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 7
    • View Profile
  • Location: forums
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1032 on: May 03, 2017, 01:12:14 PM »
Selling 1 cat 1-5 7 night from a Gold account @ $325

Offline anomadtoo

  • Dansdeals Gold Elite
  • ***
  • Join Date: Feb 2015
  • Posts: 134
  • Total likes: 6
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • Location: Seattle area
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1033 on: May 04, 2017, 10:57:22 AM »
I too am selling 1 cat 1-5 7 night cert from a Gold account @ $325. PM please

Offline Sholom123

  • Dansdeals Gold Elite
  • ***
  • Join Date: Feb 2015
  • Posts: 208
  • Total likes: 5
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
  • Location: Olam haze
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1034 on: May 04, 2017, 08:23:44 PM »
Selling Category 1-5 from silver account 110 OBO. Expires next year. PM me.

Offline shmoe joe

  • Dansdeals Lifetime Platinum Elite
  • *******
  • Join Date: Feb 2016
  • Posts: 1406
  • Total likes: 121
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 3
    • View Profile
  • Location: austin texas
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1035 on: May 04, 2017, 10:56:45 PM »
Looking to buy 4 nights at 7 or 8 category. Pm me with offers
give some love (likes) to a brother!

Offline toby16custom

  • DansDeals Copper Elite
  • *
  • Join Date: Apr 2016
  • Posts: 7
  • Total likes: 0
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 0
    • View Profile
  • Location: Minneapolis
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1036 on: May 04, 2017, 11:29:00 PM »
Looking for Cat 1-5 cert, offering $70

Willing to paypal first as i'm newer then you most likely.  8)
Flyertalk: toby16custom
MSP
3X FTW

Offline Baglach

  • Dansdeals Platinum Elite
  • ****
  • Join Date: Jan 2014
  • Posts: 497
  • Total likes: 72
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 19
    • View Profile
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1037 on: May 05, 2017, 04:10:10 AM »
Selling some cat 1-5 7 nights for 275$ Accounts have no staus

Offline zagguru

  • Dansdeals Presidential Platinum Elite
  • ********
  • Join Date: May 2014
  • Posts: 3107
  • Total likes: 171
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 70
    • View Profile
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1038 on: May 05, 2017, 06:30:27 AM »
Have 2 1-5 certificates available. One is gold account and one is silver. Asking $85 for gold and $75 for silver

Silver account is sold

Gold still available

Offline rapsjr

  • Dansdeals Gold Elite
  • ***
  • Join Date: Jan 2012
  • Posts: 234
  • Total likes: 1
  • DansDeals.com Hat Tips 2
    • View Profile
  • Location: NY
Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1039 on: May 07, 2017, 11:32:29 PM »
I need 1 night at a category 6, any certs that will cover that?
TIA