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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 certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #360 on: October 11, 2015, 09:41:43 AM »
Selling two Cat. 1-5 nights for $125 each OBO.
One expires 10/31/15  and the other expires 4/28/16.
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10/31 night is now $100

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #361 on: October 13, 2015, 10:03:37 AM »
Selling 1 Cat 1-5 Marriott Night Exp. Oct 2016
$115 please pm if interested

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #362 on: October 13, 2015, 04:29:55 PM »
Selling 5 night cat 1-5 certificate for $250

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #363 on: October 14, 2015, 10:31:15 AM »
Selling two Cat. 1-5 nights for $125 each OBO.
One expires 10/31/15  and the other expires 4/28/16.
10/31 SOLD
4/2016 Still Available

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #364 on: October 14, 2015, 08:13:08 PM »
Selling 5 night cat 1-5 certificate for $250

Expiration?

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #365 on: October 21, 2015, 10:00:09 PM »
Anyone got a night I can book: Residence Inn by Marriott New Rochelle

Need for tomorrow night. PM me please.

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #366 on: October 23, 2015, 11:05:16 AM »

Marriott Cat 1-5 Reward for sale. $125.

Gold account.

Expires Sept 3, 2016.



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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #367 on: October 27, 2015, 09:48:47 PM »
Selling:
1 cat 1-4 from a Platinum account expiring 6/16 $200 obo

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #368 on: October 27, 2015, 09:51:20 PM »
Selling:

1 cat 1-5 from a Platinum account expiring 6/16 $225 obo

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #369 on: October 27, 2015, 10:17:10 PM »
What do the terms and conditions say about these,  are you allowed to transfer?

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #370 on: October 27, 2015, 11:46:35 PM »
200?!

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #371 on: October 28, 2015, 12:04:41 AM »
200?!
+1
And the platinum won't do you much good in a category 1-4.

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #372 on: October 28, 2015, 06:56:10 AM »
200?!
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And the platinum won't do you much good in a category 1-4.
OBO :)

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #373 on: October 28, 2015, 10:42:27 PM »
I have some questions because I never did this before. If I want to sell my free nights, first, how do I get the money from the other person? From my side, tell me if I got this right. I set up the date and put my name on it and the buyers name on it and I don't have to show up at all? And what's OBO? Why do some people mention they're gold? Does Marriot take back the free nights and give points instead?
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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #374 on: October 28, 2015, 10:47:23 PM »
I have some questions because I never did this before. If I want to sell my free nights, first, how do I get the money from the other person? From my side, tell me if I got this right. I set up the date and put my name on it and the buyers name on it and I don't have to show up at all? And what's OBO? Why do some people mention they're gold? Does Marriot take back the free nights and give points instead?
You have them qp or pp it to you.
You do not have to show up.
Or Best Offer.
Gold status means possible upgrade, better service etc...
AFAIK Marriott does not do that anymore.

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #375 on: October 30, 2015, 10:43:39 AM »
Selling:

1 cat 1-5 from a Platinum account expiring 6/16 $225 obo

Hi can this be used for ritz carlton cat 4?

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #376 on: October 30, 2015, 11:15:10 AM »
What do the terms and conditions say about these,  are you allowed to transfer?
It's not a transfer. You get booked as the 2nd guest.

Hi can this be used for ritz carlton cat 4?
Nope IINM.

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #377 on: October 30, 2015, 11:19:06 AM »


It's not a transfer. You get booked as the 2nd guest.

I understand. I just like to follow the T&C

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #378 on: October 30, 2015, 11:21:35 AM »

I understand. I just like to follow the T&C
Ah, so I haven't read these T&C. I imagine they say the nights cannot be sold.

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #379 on: November 01, 2015, 06:38:07 AM »
Have 2 1-5 for sale $120 each