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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 »

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13040 on: Yesterday at 10:44:40 AM »
Buying 50k + 9k top off expiring certificate for BO stay tomorrow.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13041 on: Yesterday at 10:44:58 AM »
Buying 35k + 6k or 50k MT expiring certificate stay tonight.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13042 on: Yesterday at 02:20:58 PM »
Selling 35k cert from Gold acct @ $125

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13043 on: Yesterday at 04:31:35 PM »
Buying 50k + 9k top off expiring certificate for BO stay tomorrow.
Anyone have?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13044 on: Yesterday at 07:11:54 PM »
For sale:

1 35k cert, platinum account, expires 5/18/24 - $120
1 50k cert, gold account, expires 6/8/24 - $210

Can top off for additional .7 pp

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13045 on: Yesterday at 07:28:25 PM »
Buying 2 85k nights same account plus 5k top up ( or I can transfer in ) stay may 14 to 16 so can be short expiry
Paying 350 each obo

Alternatively it can be an account with one 85k cert and I would transfer pts in for second night
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13046 on: Yesterday at 08:34:25 PM »
Anyone have?

you keep positing without a price

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13047 on: Yesterday at 09:29:17 PM »
Buying 2 85k nights

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13048 on: Today at 08:05:23 AM »
Selling 1 35k cert for $125. PM me.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13049 on: Today at 09:21:27 AM »
Buying 4 category 5 certificates for a stay starting tonight. Paying. $800 total.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13050 on: Today at 12:12:42 PM »
Buying 2 85k nights

need to quote price per rules

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13051 on: Today at 12:28:51 PM »
need to quote price per rules
Buying 2 85k nights @ $330/each OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13052 on: Today at 02:50:48 PM »
Selling 1 85k FNC @300 with June 05 expiration

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13053 on: Today at 05:56:40 PM »
Buying 4 category 5 certificates for a stay starting tonight. Paying. $800 total.
categories are no longer, you mean a 35k cert?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13054 on: Today at 07:07:14 PM »
Now selling 2 35K certs - $125 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13055 on: Today at 09:30:59 PM »
Selling1 35k Cert Expires 6/7 $125 obo Gold Account
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13056 on: Today at 09:32:31 PM »
Looking to buy 8 nights with 85k fnc - willing to pay around 380 or best offer
Also need 40k to top or I can send to account
Needs to expire at least mid July 2024


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13057 on: Today at 10:08:58 PM »
I need 4x 35K certs for a 4 night back to back reservation.  Willing to pay $500 for the set.  Must be valid until 6/4.