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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 #4200 on: August 06, 2019, 10:50:00 PM »
Selling 2x Marriott 1--5.  Separate accounts  @150 each.
Silver status.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4201 on: August 06, 2019, 10:59:10 PM »
Selling 2 category 1-5 35k nights for $300 for both. Same account
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4202 on: August 07, 2019, 09:50:28 AM »
Still available:
    3 different accounts:
One night Cat. 1-5 from Gold $165 OBO
One night Cat. 1-5 from Gold $165 OBO
One night Cat. 1-5 from Platinum $180 OBO
all expire 5/2020

Just one Gold night left! Reduced to $160!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4203 on: August 07, 2019, 10:57:46 AM »
Selling 1 night Cat. 1-5 from Gold elite exp 12/2019 $150 OBO
Bump
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4204 on: August 07, 2019, 11:39:32 AM »
Selling a category 5 cert (35k) from silver elite account for $125
PM me. Thanks

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4205 on: August 07, 2019, 02:02:58 PM »
Updated with Expiration Dates

Selling 2 nights, category 1-5, Gold Elite Account.
$160 each - 1 exp 12/2/19, 2nd exp 5/2/20
$310 for both.

Also selling
1: 7 night Category 1-4 $550 OBO- Gold Elite Account. Exp- 1/24/20
2: 7 night Category 5 $625 OBO- Gold Elite Account. Exp 1/10/20

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4206 on: August 07, 2019, 03:59:03 PM »
selling 7 night 1-4 $525 please pm me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4207 on: August 07, 2019, 05:08:09 PM »
Selling 2x 35k certs from the same Gold Elite account. $170 each OBO Expires June of 2020

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4208 on: August 07, 2019, 05:15:52 PM »
...Marriott said that it’s new security, 2nd name can’t be added after the reservation are made.
So he's figuring it out.
Historically (and oddly), the certificate’s AH status was linked to the reservation - even when the booking was allowed to be made under a 3rd party name. I think part of the problem is that the certificate is linked to the AH’s MR# — so they can’t swap it for a different MR#.

You can reach out to the property in advance (or at check-in) to ask if can Honor your status/benefits, and while it usually works, it is a ymmv. And now they are not allowing 3rd party bookings, so I guess the buyer will have to be added as an additional guest, which can get tricky In’tl.
Can someone summarize how to make the reservation so that the buyer can get the room without the account holder present? (It probably should be added to Wiki. I will be happy to do so once I have the answer).
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4209 on: August 07, 2019, 05:33:40 PM »
Can someone summarize how to make the reservation so that the buyer can get the room without the account holder present? (It probably should be added to Wiki. I will be happy to do so once I have the answer).

you just make them a 2nd guest. call hotel

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4210 on: August 07, 2019, 05:56:38 PM »
you just make them a 2nd guest. call hotel

+1. Recently did this. I was not present at check in and guest had zero issue.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4211 on: August 07, 2019, 06:14:04 PM »
Still available:
    3 different accounts:
One night Cat. 1-5 from Gold $165 OBO
One night Cat. 1-5 from Gold $165 OBO
One night Cat. 1-5 from Platinum $180 OBO
all expire 5/2020

Just one Gold night left! Reduced to $160!
All sold out!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4212 on: August 07, 2019, 06:28:04 PM »
+1. Recently did this. I was not present at check in and guest had zero issue.
you just make them a 2nd guest. call hotel

I recall reading a while back on DDF that Marriott reps. were saying that the primary guest was needed to check-in. If you have experience actually doing this without a problem, I guess that should be satisfactory... Thanks.
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4213 on: August 07, 2019, 06:51:19 PM »
Buying 2 nights category 7 (60000/night) to be used this weekend
Willing to pay $300/night

PM me thank you

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4214 on: August 07, 2019, 10:16:48 PM »
Selling 50k cert on platinum elite account. $250.

Good for one year.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4215 on: August 07, 2019, 11:36:07 PM »
selling one cat 1-4 (new) 7 nighter (gold) $525

exp 5/2020

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4216 on: August 08, 2019, 05:36:16 AM »
Selling 50k cert on platinum elite account. $250.

Good for one year.

I have decided to drop this price to $225 firm. No lower. Thanks.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4217 on: August 08, 2019, 11:54:25 PM »
2 x 35k certificates from gold elite account both for $325 firm

Bump. Open to offers

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4218 on: August 08, 2019, 11:58:40 PM »
Selling
2 Marriott 35k certificates from gold account - $3100 for both
1 Marriott $35 k certificates from silver account $150.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4219 on: August 09, 2019, 01:43:53 AM »
Selling
2 Marriott 35k certificates from gold account - $3100 for both
1 Marriott $35 k certificates from silver account $150.

You probably meant $310