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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".

Certificates (often awarded to those with Marriott-branded credit cards) are generally available in the following levels 35,000, 40,000, 50,000, 85,000. The person making the reservation can also top-up the reservation with up to 15,000 points from their own account (e.g. a 35K Certificate can be combined with 12,000 points in their account for a hotel night listed for 47,000 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. The name of the second guest needs to be added via phone. There are certain hotels (particularly in south-Florida such as Miami) that won't allow a second guest to sign-in without the primary account holder present. 

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 #14622 for a history of bid/ask on these hotel certificates of different points levels


« Last edited by David61 on January 02, 2025, 11:27:09 AM »

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11860 on: October 23, 2023, 11:04:32 AM »
Great transaction selling a Marriott night to @Ddf2022

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11861 on: October 23, 2023, 11:18:32 AM »
Selling 3 35k certs. Expiring 11/2,5,27. Asking 135 each. Platinum acct.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11862 on: October 23, 2023, 11:36:14 AM »
Selling 5 50k from gold account for $235 obo.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11863 on: October 23, 2023, 02:39:52 PM »
Selling 3x 85k (Titanium), $300 each, expire 11/7/23, 11/17/23, 12/12/2023. Can throw in a suite night award for each for free as well. They are not extendable (as they have been extended before and I tried multiple times this week already). Zelle, Paypal. I'd prefer not to book the international property, but if you really want to, if the 2nd guest check in is denied, there will be no refunds due to a short expiration date.

1 85k FNC left for sale (Titanium), exp 12/12/23. $300, will add a free Suite Night Award.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11864 on: October 23, 2023, 11:00:01 PM »
selling 1 marriott 35k cert. $140 OBO. Expiry in may 2024.

Willing to top up
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11865 on: October 23, 2023, 11:02:42 PM »
Selling 85k fna  exp 7/3/24 $400 7k available for top up
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11866 on: October 24, 2023, 08:55:25 AM »
50k cert $200
85k cert $300
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11867 on: October 24, 2023, 09:12:52 AM »
selling 4x50k Certs expiring in August 2024. Gold account.
$225 each. Negotiable for multiple/all.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11868 on: October 24, 2023, 11:56:09 AM »
50K cert from Gold account. Expires 11/3/2023

$175 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11869 on: October 24, 2023, 01:44:15 PM »
Buying (2) 85k MT same account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11870 on: October 24, 2023, 05:08:10 PM »
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11871 on: October 24, 2023, 08:07:25 PM »
Selling 1 50K certificate expires 12/01/23 for $250 OBO please PM if interested Thanks.
Still Available and now for $225 PM if interested

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11872 on: October 24, 2023, 09:02:57 PM »
selling one 85k  $350 expire in Dec. 2023

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11873 on: October 24, 2023, 10:56:21 PM »
1 85k FNC left for sale (Titanium), exp 11/05/23. $300, will add a free Suite Night Award.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11874 on: October 25, 2023, 09:47:01 AM »
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11875 on: October 25, 2023, 11:41:01 AM »
11/27 sold
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11876 on: October 25, 2023, 11:56:49 AM »
50K cert from Gold account. Expires 11/3/2023

$175 OBO

Price drop to $150 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11877 on: October 25, 2023, 01:23:05 PM »
Selling 35k cert top up available expires 11/05/23 $125 obo
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11878 on: October 25, 2023, 02:25:46 PM »
Selling 5 50k certs, expire 8/4/24
$250 ea, may be a bit flexible if buying all 5

5 50k nights, expiring Aug 2024 still available. $250 ea, $480 for two, or $1,125 for all 5

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11879 on: October 25, 2023, 03:56:06 PM »
Looking for two 35K certificates for this week will be staying two nights beginning on Friday so looking to buy ASAP

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