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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 #5860 on: July 23, 2020, 11:00:33 AM »
With gold they say they will give if available

https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/member-benefits.mi
Language in the benefits programs differ as follows:   

Silver - no stated room upgrade benefits (some other benefits are available)
Gold" "We’ll do our best to upgrade your room, based on availability at check-in. Upgrades are subject to availability identified by each hotel and limited to your personal guest room."
platinum/Titanium/ambassador"We’ll do our best to upgrade your room (including Select Suites), based on availability at check-in. Upgrades are subject to availability identified by each hotel and limited to your personal guest room."

I assume priority of available upgrades go to those with the highest status first.
                                   

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5861 on: July 23, 2020, 11:18:24 AM »
Yeah, I've also gotten on gold, the problem is: I was recently downgraded to Silver. And officially, they don't offer upgrades to silver.  But when I made the reservation I was still gold, and they put in a request for an upgrade, any chance it will still be honored?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5862 on: July 23, 2020, 11:23:54 AM »
Any stats on upgrades for silver elite? Is that the same thing as silver?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5863 on: July 23, 2020, 04:01:13 PM »
If you book 4 35K certs in the same hotel back-to-back, from same account, do you get the 5th night free?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5864 on: July 23, 2020, 04:05:44 PM »
If you book 4 35K certs in the same hotel back-to-back, from same account, do you get the 5th night free?

No

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5865 on: July 23, 2020, 05:09:19 PM »
Selling 7 Night Category 5 from gold account Expires 1/31/2021 - $750
1 * 50k points night from Gold account Expires 7/2/2021 - $250
1 * 50k points night from Platinum account Expires 6/20/2021 - $260

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5866 on: July 23, 2020, 07:04:49 PM »
No
Is that policy or a Marriott IT bug?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5867 on: July 23, 2020, 07:24:59 PM »
Is that policy or a Marriott IT bug?
if you have enough points in the account maybe try to book it with points first and call up and have then swap out the points for the certificates

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5868 on: July 23, 2020, 07:54:50 PM »
if you have enough points in the account maybe try to book it with points first and call up and have then swap out the points for the certificates
Thanks. No logical reason why FNA wouldn't get 5th night free, besides for Marriott being lazy to fix.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5869 on: July 23, 2020, 07:57:51 PM »
Any stats on upgrades for silver elite? Is that the same thing as silver?
yes, it is the same thing. But, I too would like to know; do they ever give upgrades? If anyone tried, please report.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5870 on: July 23, 2020, 08:00:01 PM »
yes, it is the same thing. But, I too would like to know; do they ever give upgrades? If anyone tried, please report.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5871 on: July 23, 2020, 09:19:07 PM »
Is that policy or a Marriott IT bug?
Marriott person I spoke to when I called to reserve said 5th night is only free when booking completely with points. No certificates or cash + points.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5872 on: July 23, 2020, 10:22:03 PM »
Seeking
5-night stay category 5, willing to pay up to $500
7-night stay category 5, willing to pay up to $700

My planned reservation starts within 30 days.
Please PM me.
(No difference to me whether you use certs or points etc.)
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5873 on: July 23, 2020, 10:50:12 PM »
Marriott person I spoke to when I called to reserve said 5th night is only free when booking completely with points. No certificates or cash + points.
Same here, I spoke to a supervisor, too. They couldn't show me where in the T&Cs it mentioned free night certificates and that they were different than points. I'm supposed to be getting a response via email from their rewards team. 🤷‍♂️

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5874 on: July 24, 2020, 02:11:26 PM »
Selling 1x 35k certificate, Platinum account. $110.

OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5875 on: July 26, 2020, 02:01:35 PM »
2x 35k nights from gold elite account. $230 both.
Exp 1/31/2021(unless Marriott extended)
2x 35k nights from gold elite account. $250 both.
Exp 6/02/2021
All 4 nights from same account
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5876 on: July 26, 2020, 03:30:14 PM »
Selling 35K 1 night certificate. Silver Elite Status.
$120 OBO. Please PM me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5877 on: July 26, 2020, 04:00:12 PM »
Hi, I'm looking to hit platinum (currently gold) and will subsidize paid stays at $10 per night OBO. Multiple night stays are worth more to me so I would be willing to pay more. Please DM

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5878 on: July 26, 2020, 06:01:06 PM »
Bump : )
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5879 on: July 27, 2020, 07:55:29 AM »
1 50k certificate gold elite account  235.00