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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 #12400 on: January 19, 2024, 03:34:38 AM »
Selling 3 x 50k certs (2 are same account, 1 is different account)
Gold Elite status on both accounts
Expiration 9/19/24 and 11/2/24

$209 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12401 on: January 19, 2024, 09:44:11 AM »
Buying 85k cert with titanium or platinum status for Feb 11 stay, paying $320 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12402 on: January 19, 2024, 12:20:23 PM »
Selling 2x 85k cert from same Platinum Elite account for $800 (Exp 5/24 and 11/24)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12403 on: January 19, 2024, 07:20:50 PM »
Selling 5x 50k certs from same Gold Elite account for $230 Each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12404 on: January 20, 2024, 03:08:15 AM »
Selling 5x50k in the silver account expiring 10/2024 asking $220 each or 215x5 for all.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12405 on: January 20, 2024, 12:57:14 PM »
Selling 5x50k in the silver elite account expiring 10/2024 asking $215 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12406 on: January 20, 2024, 01:24:36 PM »
Selling a Marriott 40k FNC for $200 and several 50k FNCs for $250 each under my Titanium account. All FNCs have long expiry and can be topped off at for additional cost if needed.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12407 on: January 20, 2024, 07:07:07 PM »
For Sale - Titanium account.

5x 50K FNA Expires 06/08/24 - 255 each, 1240 for all 5.
1x 85K FNA Expires 07/05/24 - 400$

Points can be purchased to top up any of the above SNA's at 0.75cpp.

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Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12408 on: January 20, 2024, 07:51:58 PM »
Buying 1x 85k FNC expiring $285 OBO (stay this week).

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12409 on: January 20, 2024, 07:59:52 PM »
Buying 4 50k certificates for $200 each. Booking for this week.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12410 on: January 20, 2024, 08:39:18 PM »
Selling 1 35k certificate from platinum account for $130
Sometimes it doesn't pay to save money.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12411 on: January 20, 2024, 10:36:18 PM »
Need a 50k certificate with 7k top up offering 250$ total stay this week

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12412 on: January 20, 2024, 10:58:32 PM »
Buying 6 x 35K certificates, $120 each (can be be from 2 accounts 3 cert. each) stay next week.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12413 on: January 21, 2024, 02:01:16 AM »
Selling 5x50k in the silver elite account expiring 10/2024 asking $215 each.

selling 3x35k in the same platinum expire March 2024 asking $160 each
Selling 5x50k in the silver elite account expiring 10/2024 asking $215 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12414 on: January 21, 2024, 10:06:23 AM »
Looking for 3 x 35k in the same account. Expiration need to after end of March. PM your price.
still looking for this, paying 160$ each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12415 on: January 21, 2024, 03:04:34 PM »
Buying 2 x 35k from the same account. $230

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12416 on: January 21, 2024, 04:42:34 PM »
last call  sale  35k ,2/1 expire,  $90

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12417 on: January 21, 2024, 07:02:00 PM »
looking for 2 35K cert to book 1/22-1/23 looking to pay 100 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12418 on: January 21, 2024, 07:38:08 PM »
Selling 85K plat account
Expiring 2/3
$300 Firm

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #12419 on: January 21, 2024, 08:07:18 PM »
last call  sale  35k ,2/1 expire,  $90
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