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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 #10440 on: December 18, 2022, 04:31:14 PM »
Selling 3 x 35k certificates for $160 each (can top off up to 5k @ 0.7)
For 2022 bookings only, platinum account.

Sold.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10441 on: December 18, 2022, 05:27:58 PM »
Buying 1 35k certificate for tonight Dec 18. $130 Please DM

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10442 on: December 18, 2022, 09:18:57 PM »
Selling 40k free night cert.
Titanium account
With suite upgrade request
250
Expires 12/31/2022

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10443 on: December 19, 2022, 12:31:24 AM »
Buying two 25k nights for January stay offering $225

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10444 on: December 19, 2022, 06:26:10 PM »
2 50k Platinum
245 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10445 on: December 19, 2022, 06:48:12 PM »
50k can top up at .75,  titanium acct 12/28.   $200

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10446 on: December 20, 2022, 11:36:25 AM »
Selling 1 35k night for $150. Can top off for .75 a point. 1/2/23 Exp. Gold account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10447 on: December 20, 2022, 02:22:26 PM »
Buying 2 50k nights plus 8k top off.
Stay is 1/2-4

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10448 on: December 20, 2022, 05:18:59 PM »
Have:

1 40k cert exp 12/31/22
1 35k cert exp 6/23/23
1 40k cert exp 12/31/23

can also top off.
Obviously interested in getting rid of the expiring cert but can add either cert onto it as well. Looking for $125 for the 40k expiring at the end of the year. Titanium account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10449 on: December 20, 2022, 08:41:15 PM »
selling
3x 35K and 1x 50K nights available in same Titanium account


35K Nights @ $180 OBO

50K Night @ $260  OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10450 on: December 20, 2022, 09:01:51 PM »
35k fnc no top off exp 01/02/23 asking 115 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10451 on: December 21, 2022, 12:21:56 AM »
Still looking for 3x 50k for booking next week. Pref platinum or titanium.
Will pay $250 ea. can also combine 2/1

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10452 on: December 21, 2022, 12:50:58 AM »
Buying three 35K night certificates for Dec 30 to Jan 2. Hoping to get $130 per cert, but open!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10453 on: December 21, 2022, 11:35:21 AM »
Looking for the following accounts:

No status necesarry- all stays are in January

3 35Ks in 1 account (or 2 and 1 40K) plus small top offs looking to pay $150 each plus .7 for top off

2 50ks plus top offs looking to pay $225 each plus .7 for top off

2 50ks plus top off looking to pay $225 each plus .7 for top off

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10454 on: December 21, 2022, 03:08:49 PM »
Selling 5 x 50K Certs in one account for $250 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10455 on: December 21, 2022, 04:55:08 PM »
Two 50k free night certificates. (Platinum Status). SNA upgrade available
$230/each. Expires 12/27/22

sold

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10456 on: December 22, 2022, 09:34:31 AM »
One 85k night. $450. Expiry 11/23

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10457 on: December 22, 2022, 11:38:37 AM »
50k can top up at .75,  titanium acct 12/28/22.   $180

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10458 on: December 24, 2022, 02:53:29 AM »
85k free night -  titanium account $450. Can top off with points if needed. SNA available. Exp. Nov 5, 2023

Sold. Smooth transaction with @yudamaan

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #10459 on: December 25, 2022, 12:56:30 PM »
Buying 2 50k nights plus 8k top off.
Stay is 1/2-4
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