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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 #13920 on: September 18, 2024, 07:32:45 PM »
Selling 1 35k cert from Silver account @125- expires April 19th, 2025

Sold. Perfect, easy transaction with Yonazonn!
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13921 on: September 18, 2024, 11:46:13 PM »
Buying 3 50k +17k top off. $750 total

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13922 on: September 19, 2024, 10:49:26 AM »
Selling 1 85k cert for $350.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13923 on: September 19, 2024, 11:15:07 AM »
selling

5x 35k - $140 each
5x 50k - $225 each

top-off available at 0.7

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13924 on: September 19, 2024, 09:17:01 PM »
Selling 85k fna titanium $385 top up available @.75
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$375 obo
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13925 on: September 20, 2024, 01:38:42 AM »
need 1 35k cert end of October. place is 34k exact, would love $120. please PM me! thank you very much

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13926 on: September 20, 2024, 02:10:19 AM »
2x85 in the same platinum account  10/18/2024  and  11/03/2024 asking $380
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13927 on: September 20, 2024, 07:59:35 AM »
Selling 3 50K certs. Expiration 10/20/24. Platinum account. Top up possible.
Buy 1 - $225
Buy 2 - $430
Buy 3 - $600

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13928 on: September 20, 2024, 08:48:53 AM »
Buying 1 50K for next week. $200

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13929 on: September 20, 2024, 01:01:13 PM »
Buying (2) 85k MT same account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13930 on: September 20, 2024, 01:57:34 PM »
Buying 2 x 35k certificate in one account. $250 for both.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13931 on: September 20, 2024, 03:58:34 PM »
Buying:

1) 1/night 35k cert. +11K points.

Or:

2) 1/night 50K certificate.

Offer: $185

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13932 on: September 20, 2024, 04:04:06 PM »
Selling 2x35k certificates from the same account (gold status) for $280 x 10/17/24

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13933 on: September 20, 2024, 10:49:44 PM »
Selling 2x35k cert from same gold account @280

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13934 on: September 21, 2024, 01:52:22 AM »
Titanium Elite Status
1x 85k night (Exp Nov 4, 2024) - $300


Platinum Elite Status
1x 85k night (Exp Dec 5, 2024) - $300

85k (platinum status) still available.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13935 on: September 21, 2024, 03:30:51 AM »
85k FNC for sale, $350, Titanium account. exp. 11/17/24. Can top off at 0.75cpp. Will apply SNA for free (obviously it's not a guaranteed upgrade)
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13936 on: September 21, 2024, 06:40:53 PM »
Sale!

one 50k expire tonight asking $150 firm!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13937 on: September 21, 2024, 10:49:39 PM »
Selling 35k night from platinum account for $145
Sometimes it doesn't pay to save money.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13938 on: September 22, 2024, 12:37:45 AM »
Buying (2) 85k MT same account

Paying well

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13939 on: September 22, 2024, 02:09:18 PM »
selling 1x 35k cert from gold account expires end of oct $135