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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 #13940 on: September 22, 2024, 02:09:18 PM »
selling 1x 35k cert from gold account expires end of oct $135

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13941 on: September 23, 2024, 12:58:59 AM »
SELLING 1 50K CERT FROM  A PLATINUM ACCOUNT. EXP OCT. 28

$225 OBO.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13942 on: September 23, 2024, 01:52:54 AM »
Bump. Booked under Gold account. 10/30 exp. 85k asking $300 or best offer.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13943 on: September 23, 2024, 10:20:51 AM »
Selling 2x35k certificates from the same account (gold status) for $275 x 10/17/24

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13944 on: September 23, 2024, 10:34:44 AM »
2x85 in the same platinum account  10/18/2024  and  11/03/2024 asking $380
2x85 in the same platinum expiring in Nov.2024 asking $380 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13945 on: September 23, 2024, 12:19:08 PM »
Selling 1 35k cert. Expires 10/2/24. $120
Gold
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13946 on: September 23, 2024, 02:56:47 PM »
Selling 35k cert from Gold Elite account @125- expires October 18th

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13947 on: September 23, 2024, 08:36:17 PM »
50k certificate $225 obo
gold account 

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13948 on: September 24, 2024, 02:18:53 PM »
Selling 4x 2x 50K Certs. silver elite Exp 11/06/24. In one account. $190 each top off possible.

Bump...2x 50K Cert still available. Thanks.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13949 on: September 24, 2024, 02:43:42 PM »
Selling 85k  titanium exp oct 2 $325
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13950 on: September 24, 2024, 03:26:39 PM »
Selling a Marriott 85k FNC booked under my Titanium account for $375. Expiry is in May 2025.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13951 on: September 24, 2024, 05:43:47 PM »
Selling a Marriott 85k certificate, from a Platinum Elite account, for $350. Expiry 8 Dec 2025.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13952 on: September 24, 2024, 10:05:23 PM »
50k certificate $190 obo
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13953 on: September 25, 2024, 11:11:50 AM »
selling 1 x 35k FNC Gold Account. expires 06/02/2025. $130

selling 1 x 85k FNC Gold Account. expires 05/03/2025. $340

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13954 on: September 26, 2024, 07:30:55 AM »
Selling 1 FNC 85k Platinum account, expires December. Price is $350
(U could book a +$1500 base room in St. Regis New York City for this price)

If interested please include email/phone number

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13955 on: September 26, 2024, 10:21:13 AM »
Buying 1 x 35k cert with 9k topoff for tonight

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13956 on: September 26, 2024, 03:40:57 PM »
selling: 85k FNC, Platinum account, exp 11/4/24. $350

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13957 on: September 26, 2024, 04:35:56 PM »
Selling 50k cert $215 can sell top off as well

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13958 on: September 26, 2024, 05:57:39 PM »
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 #13959 on: September 26, 2024, 07:56:25 PM »
one 50k certificate $200, silver account, expire middle of Nov. PM if interest.