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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 #9820 on: July 12, 2022, 08:16:35 AM »
Anyone has for mariott @ Niagara Falls.
Looking to book 3 rooms (40K points/night) for 1 night next week (weekday) - willing to pay upto $140/night.
Please PM.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9821 on: July 12, 2022, 08:30:39 AM »

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9822 on: July 12, 2022, 12:11:16 PM »
Can use a bunch of 25k nights, Paying $90-100
PM with offeres.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9823 on: July 12, 2022, 04:30:58 PM »
1 50k Platinum
250

1 35k Platinum
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9824 on: July 12, 2022, 04:41:51 PM »
Selling 1 35k @ 130$ exp. 6/23
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9825 on: July 12, 2022, 04:49:06 PM »
selling 85k gold account 1 certificate
can make to 100k
$495

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9826 on: July 12, 2022, 07:25:13 PM »
Thank you eljay07 for a smooth and quick transaction

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9827 on: July 12, 2022, 09:23:00 PM »
Selling the below from Gold account

1 X35K @ $140
1 X50K @ $215

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9828 on: July 13, 2022, 12:11:25 PM »
selling one 35k night for $125
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9829 on: July 13, 2022, 01:29:43 PM »
Buying 4 nights 65K

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9830 on: July 13, 2022, 06:36:34 PM »
Looking to buy 4x 35k cert same account. Paying $150 a night  obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9831 on: July 13, 2022, 07:29:02 PM »
Buying 35k from plat or higher for 130.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9832 on: July 14, 2022, 08:25:23 AM »
Selling one 50k certificate. $215
Can also sell points for top off if need be.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9833 on: July 16, 2022, 11:20:04 PM »
Selling 35k night from gold account, $135

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9834 on: July 17, 2022, 01:43:54 AM »
Buying one night 19500 points 100 or best offer

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9835 on: July 17, 2022, 07:57:55 PM »
selling 35k gold night for 135

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9836 on: July 17, 2022, 10:04:57 PM »
buying 2x 35k night certs $130 each obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9837 on: July 17, 2022, 11:33:45 PM »
Buying 2x 35k night certs $130 each obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9838 on: July 18, 2022, 10:58:48 AM »
Selling one 35k $130

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #9839 on: July 18, 2022, 01:01:18 PM »
Looking for 2 x 25k cert for tonight. $100 per night.