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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 #4900 on: December 05, 2019, 10:57:36 PM »
Marriott Amex consumer FNA up to 35k points Expires: 01/03/2020

$100 OBO. Please PM if interested.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4901 on: December 05, 2019, 11:17:56 PM »
BUYING

Two 7-night CAT 6 certs - asking $1000/each OBO - for use end of December 2019 (12/24-12/31). 

TIA!

Still looking to buy 2 certs for use end of Dec 2019! willing to do $1100 each!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4902 on: December 05, 2019, 11:32:04 PM »
selling one 35K night, expires 1/31/20 $150 obo
gold account
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4903 on: December 06, 2019, 09:36:01 AM »
 
Selling:
35k cert. Titanium Elite $165  exp.6/02/20
35k cert. Titanium Elite $165 exp.4/24/20
50k cert. Titanium Elite $270  exp. 6/02/20
In same account

35k cert. Gold Elite $150 exp. 2/26/20
50k cert. Gold Elite $250 exp. 1/31/20
In same account

Please PM Thank you
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4904 on: December 06, 2019, 10:06:34 AM »
Selling:

7-nights certificate categories 1-4, exp. 2/11/20 - $600 Gold Elite Account
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4905 on: December 06, 2019, 12:45:21 PM »
Selling 2 50k nights from the same account, $500 for both or $260 for one,  Expires 08/20.  PM me if intersted

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4906 on: December 06, 2019, 01:59:53 PM »
1 35k certificate gold elite account exp 1/31/2020 140.00
1 50k certificate gold elite account 275.00
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4907 on: December 06, 2019, 03:59:03 PM »
Selling:
1 night
Category: up to 50k points
Expiration: 10/2020
Status: Gold  Elite
Price: $260

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4908 on: December 07, 2019, 08:57:53 PM »
Selling 4x marriott 35k night certificates from 1 account. $600 for all. Gold elite. expires in 6-9 months

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4909 on: December 07, 2019, 10:11:04 PM »
Selling 7 nights certificates category 5 - $1000 Expires Apr-2020
Coming from a Titanium account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4910 on: December 08, 2019, 01:43:35 AM »
Selling 2x marriott 35k night certificates from 1 account. $140 each
Selling 1x marriott 50k night certificate from same account, $250

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4911 on: December 08, 2019, 07:31:48 AM »
Selling:
1 night
Category: up to 35k points
Expiration: 3/2020
Status: Gold Elite
Price: $130

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4912 on: December 08, 2019, 08:11:38 AM »
Selling free night (35k) for $135 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4913 on: December 08, 2019, 09:08:49 AM »
Buying 1-4 7 night @$575, need several

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4914 on: December 08, 2019, 09:34:35 AM »
Hey I am in need of several 7 nights, C1-C4. I would like to pay $600 each.
The certification will be used this December and January.
Prefer taking the account information and order by myself. You can change the password once the transaction finished.
Or you hold your account and book for me.
Need to exchange school/ work email or other methods to verify each other.
Thanks.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4915 on: December 08, 2019, 11:14:03 AM »
selling one 35K night, expires 1/31/20 $150 obo
gold account
bump $135 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4916 on: December 08, 2019, 12:02:58 PM »
selling one 35K night, expires 1/30/20, gold status. $130

still available

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4917 on: December 08, 2019, 03:09:15 PM »
6 night stay at the Marriott Courtyard Houston Texas Hobby Airport
12/15-12/21
Titanium Status
$200 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4918 on: December 08, 2019, 06:33:06 PM »
Selling free night (35k) for $135 OBO

No issues at all with this seller on prior transaction. Thanks!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4919 on: December 08, 2019, 09:06:21 PM »
Marriott Amex consumer FNA up to 35k points Expires: 01/03/2020

$100 OBO. Please PM if interested.

Anyone interested?