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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 #13960 on: September 26, 2024, 11:49:37 PM »
85k FNC for sale, $340, Titanium account. exp. 11/17/24. Can top off at 0.75cpp. Will apply SNA for free

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13961 on: September 27, 2024, 12:03:30 AM »
Selling 2x35k certificates from the same account (gold status) for $250 x 10/17/24

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13962 on: September 27, 2024, 02:46:58 PM »
50k certificate $160 obo
gold account
top off avail

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13963 on: September 27, 2024, 06:04:02 PM »
35k award night gold account expires 10/17/24 $125

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13964 on: September 28, 2024, 01:40:02 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[/size]

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13965 on: September 28, 2024, 01:44:52 PM »
Selling 3 50K certs. Expiration 10/20/24. Platinum account. Top up possible.
1 left now. $215.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13966 on: September 28, 2024, 09:46:49 PM »
Selling 35k night for $130 from platinum account.
Sometimes it doesn't pay to save money.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13967 on: September 28, 2024, 11:59:39 PM »
subsidizing marriott stays at % cash back on my ambassador account. reach out for more details.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13968 on: September 29, 2024, 12:08:42 AM »
subsidizing marriott stays at % cash back on my ambassador account. reach out for more details.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13969 on: September 29, 2024, 04:51:54 PM »
Selling 1 × 85k Marriot Free Night Certificate.
[$340 Expires- Nov 4, 2024]

Can potentially top up for 0.72/0.75 PP.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13970 on: September 29, 2024, 05:55:33 PM »
Emergency sale :

one 50k  expiring tonight  asking $150 firm

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13971 on: September 30, 2024, 04:49:33 AM »
Selling 1 35k cert. Expires 10/2/24. $120 OBO

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Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13972 on: September 30, 2024, 10:41:43 AM »
Selling 35k cert  with option to potentially buy top off ,gold account expires 11/4 @135 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13973 on: September 30, 2024, 01:01:21 PM »
Have 2 * 85k certs from separate platinum accounts expiring 07/02/2025, looking to trade for $340 each
Can top off up to 15k at 0.7 cents per point.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13974 on: September 30, 2024, 01:36:47 PM »
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[/s]
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13975 on: September 30, 2024, 05:37:44 PM »
Selling 2x35k certificates from the same account (gold status) for $250 x 10/17/24

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13976 on: October 01, 2024, 12:08:01 PM »
35k award night gold account expires 11/4/24 $135

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13977 on: October 01, 2024, 12:30:17 PM »
Selling 50K cert for $215. Expiration 10/20/24. Platinum account. Top up possible.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13978 on: October 02, 2024, 10:14:22 AM »
Price drop!

Selling 1 85k cert for $299.  Originally asking $350.
Platinum account.  Expires December.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13979 on: October 02, 2024, 02:17:44 PM »
Looking for 2x 50k certs from same account for booking this month. Offering $340 for both obo