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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 #7660 on: September 08, 2021, 10:01:33 AM »
Selling 4X 35K points certificates Gold  $120 each
2x in one account 2x in another account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7661 on: September 09, 2021, 02:03:41 AM »
Any certs up to 20k/Category 3?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7662 on: September 09, 2021, 04:21:34 AM »
Buying 40k $175 obo, for use end of this month.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7663 on: September 10, 2021, 10:30:57 AM »
Buying 7 night cat 8 *2

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7664 on: September 10, 2021, 10:51:11 AM »
Buying 7 night cat 8 *2

Separate account fine

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7665 on: September 10, 2021, 06:41:02 PM »
Buying 4 35k , same account @ $120 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7666 on: September 10, 2021, 09:28:34 PM »
buying 7 night cat 7 - $2000 if from platinum account. four use this month. pm please

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7667 on: September 10, 2021, 11:34:48 PM »
Buying cat4 7 day cert platinum preferred please pm thx

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7668 on: September 11, 2021, 02:08:20 AM »
Looking to buy 4 Marriott category 5 (35K) certificates (preferably from 1 account).

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7669 on: September 11, 2021, 09:12:48 AM »
Selling one 35k cert@$120, silver account
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7670 on: September 11, 2021, 02:19:05 PM »
Buying 5x 35k certs platinum or higher status pm for offers, one account preferred

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7671 on: September 11, 2021, 05:08:16 PM »
Selling a 7 nights certificate of Cat 6, expires on 01/03/22 from Gold Account @ $1400
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7672 on: September 11, 2021, 09:48:21 PM »
5-night Cat 1-4: $550, exp 1/2/2022, Silver account (NOTE - THIS IS A 5-NIGHT, NOT 7-NIGHT)
7-night Cat 6: $1,400, exp 1/2/2022, Silver account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7673 on: September 12, 2021, 07:28:52 PM »
7 night Category 5 Certificate (expires 1/3/22)  $900 (2 Available)
1 night Category 5 (35K) Certificate (expires 1/3/22) $125
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7674 on: September 12, 2021, 07:39:43 PM »
Buying 4 35k , same account @ $120 each


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7675 on: September 12, 2021, 11:28:39 PM »
Selling 2x50k night for 200 each gold status. 2 separate accounts. If you buy both I will do 390

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7676 on: September 13, 2021, 05:26:52 PM »
Buying 35K free night certificates! Looking for 5 of them, ideally from the same account!  :)

I will be editing this post as I obtain them.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7677 on: September 13, 2021, 06:27:46 PM »
selling 1 35k cert gold for 120 please pm me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7678 on: September 13, 2021, 09:06:32 PM »
Buying 4 35k , same account @ $120 each


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7 Night Marriott Certs
« Reply #7679 on: September 14, 2021, 11:35:29 AM »
Available:

2 x 7 Night Cat 1-4 Certs: $700 Each

2 x 1 Night 35K Certs: $145 Each

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