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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


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14560 on: December 22, 2024, 12:02:35 AM »
Selling:
2x 35K cert, gold accounts (NOT same account): $130 each OBO
2x 85K cert, gold accounts (NOT same account): $300 each OBO
2x 35K cert, gold accounts (NOT same account): $130 each OBO STILL AVAILABLE
2x 85K cert, gold accounts (NOT same account): $310 each OBO SOLD
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14561 on: December 22, 2024, 12:12:02 AM »
selling 1 from gold account for 130 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14562 on: December 22, 2024, 12:56:33 AM »
Selling:

Gold account
35k x2 (2/15/2025)
$130 each

Silver account
35k x1 (3/15/25)
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14563 on: December 22, 2024, 01:07:33 AM »
Sell one 85k cert expiring 2/16/2025, gold account $270。

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14564 on: December 22, 2024, 10:45:30 AM »
seling 1 35K $125

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14565 on: December 22, 2024, 10:50:42 AM »
Selling 3 50k Gold Elite acct $225 each

1 35k cert Gold Elite account $130

Expire Dec 2025

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14566 on: December 22, 2024, 12:28:14 PM »
buying 4 x 50k certs plus top off @ $190 each same account. late January booking

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14567 on: December 22, 2024, 01:32:14 PM »
Selling 1x 85k exp Dec 27 for $275 OBO.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14568 on: December 22, 2024, 03:17:54 PM »
Selling 5 50k certs @$200 each gold account. Oct 2025 exp. Can top up @.007pp
Sold. Now selling 3 50k certs gold account june 2025 exp. @$200 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14569 on: December 22, 2024, 03:41:56 PM »
Selling 5x50k from the same silver account expiring next March asking $200 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14570 on: December 22, 2024, 11:10:53 PM »
Selling 2 50k certs for $185 each OBO on a Silver account. 1/15/2025 Expiration

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14571 on: December 23, 2024, 08:10:03 AM »
Buying 2x 85k marriott certs for 350 next month.  (1 night is 88k so I need 3k extra in points).
Both need to be from same account.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14572 on: December 23, 2024, 08:58:35 AM »
selling 1x 85k exp Dec 27 for $250

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14573 on: December 23, 2024, 10:58:35 AM »
Selling 2 85k certificates from same titanium account for use in 2025. $400 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14574 on: December 23, 2024, 11:33:53 PM »
40k cert is not available, thank you @mrtrip

85k cert expiring in mid-March 2025 is still available.

Bump, $300 for the 85k cert.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14575 on: December 24, 2024, 03:41:39 PM »
Selling 2 50k certs for $185 each OBO on a Silver account. 1/15/2025 Expiration

Bump Selling 2 50k certs for $180 each OBO on a Silver account. 1/15/2025 Expiration

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14576 on: December 24, 2024, 07:18:10 PM »
Sold. Now selling 3 50k certs gold account june 2025 exp. @$200 each
Sold.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14577 on: December 24, 2024, 08:12:30 PM »
Buying 3 50k nights from same account. $190 OBO. will need 8k top off as well.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14578 on: December 25, 2024, 05:40:28 AM »
Selling 3 35k Certs from different accounts.


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14579 on: December 25, 2024, 09:33:42 AM »
selling 2x 35k nights, same account (Gold)
exp 2/8/25
exp 5/3/25

$130 per or $250 for both