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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 #3340 on: March 14, 2019, 10:01:44 PM »
selling one 50k night from titanium elite account for 300

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3341 on: March 15, 2019, 11:41:23 AM »
I have a category 1-4 certificate up to 25k (expires 4/17/19) gold elite account that I would like to exchange for 20,000 bonvoy points/Obo.  I will also throw in two united passes (expiring 3/31/19). Please PM me if interested.
I was able to extend the category certificate to 3/12/2020

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3342 on: March 15, 2019, 02:34:18 PM »
Selling gold account with *2 seven night cat 1-4  and 1 seven night cat 5 and 45k points.
$2400

Can also buy certs separately.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3343 on: March 16, 2019, 09:17:43 AM »
Looking for cat 4 seven nights @450 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3344 on: March 16, 2019, 09:42:36 AM »
Selling 5 nights cat 7 or 6 nights cat 6 at any bookable hotel for $1,600. Thanks.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3345 on: March 16, 2019, 05:47:55 PM »
Buying 7 night cat 1-4, or 6 nights if possible. 450

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3346 on: March 17, 2019, 10:47:11 AM »
Selling Pantheon Iconic Rome 5 nights reservation from Titanium account:
5/19-5/24 for $1k

If these dates don't work for you, I can contact the hotel and try to get them changed for 5N that would work

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3347 on: March 17, 2019, 11:54:09 AM »
Selling 50K ritz night
Platinum account with suite night
$275 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3348 on: March 17, 2019, 12:12:31 PM »
Looking for 7 nights cat 5 for $900 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3349 on: March 17, 2019, 12:27:49 PM »
Selling 1-4 cat. certificate, gold account, exp. 7/19
Asking 475$ (pay with QP)
PM if interested
SOLD

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3350 on: March 17, 2019, 08:19:08 PM »
Selling 7 night CAT6, $1800

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3351 on: March 17, 2019, 10:36:17 PM »
Selling:
1 night up to 35k points (cat. 5)
Platinum Elite account (free upgrades including suites! -upon availability-  4 pm late checkout, )
$185

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3352 on: March 17, 2019, 10:37:10 PM »
Selling:
1 night up to 35k points (cat. 5)
Platinum Elite account (free upgrades including suits!  4 pm late checkout, )
$185
who doesn’t like a free suit?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3353 on: March 17, 2019, 10:38:12 PM »
who doesn’t like a free suit?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3354 on: March 18, 2019, 10:11:05 AM »
Looking for 7 nights cat 5 for $900 obo

Are you looking to buy or sell?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3355 on: March 18, 2019, 12:59:10 PM »
Looking for 7 nights cat 5 for $900 obo
Are you looking to buy or sell?
I would go with sell, and would assume he meant to write this "Looking for a buyer to buy my 7 nights cat 5 for $900 obo"

Or wait!! maybe he just meant what he wrote....

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3356 on: March 18, 2019, 01:55:26 PM »
Selling:
1 night up to 35k points (cat. 5)
Platinum Elite account (free upgrades including suites! -upon availability-  4 pm late checkout, )
$185
Sold! tnx @refill pleasure dealing with you!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3357 on: March 18, 2019, 03:25:10 PM »
I need to buy

5 night/7 night  category 5  hotel. 

alternative someone can book thru points.

I m new , please give offers.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3358 on: March 18, 2019, 03:35:18 PM »
Selling

5 single certificates up to 50k points each (seperate accounts) Platinum Elite Status - $275 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3359 on: March 18, 2019, 05:07:55 PM »
Looking for 7 nights cat 5 for $900 obo
Still need  7 night  cert?
Sometimes it doesn't pay to save money.