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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 certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #600 on: June 21, 2016, 01:48:56 PM »
I have a certficate from a freind ,how can i use it? doesnt the reservation and certificate be the same name? Pardon my ignorance.
Add yourself as the second guest . Call the front desk b4 you show up and inform them that your second guest will be arriving early and needs to check in for "you"

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #601 on: June 21, 2016, 01:54:30 PM »
Add yourself as the second guest . Call the front desk b4 you show up and inform them that your second guest will be arriving early and needs to check in for "you"
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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #602 on: June 21, 2016, 01:55:30 PM »
Selling cat 1-5 for $110

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #603 on: June 22, 2016, 06:06:00 PM »
Looking for one free night at Cat 2 Hotel   for July 23rd

My offer is $55


Contact me via PM.

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #604 on: June 22, 2016, 06:17:29 PM »
selling cat 5 @ $110  - Silver account
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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #605 on: June 25, 2016, 08:13:05 PM »
Selling 1 cat 5 cert from a Platinum account (expire 11/05/16), looking for $110.

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #606 on: June 28, 2016, 03:55:17 PM »
Selling category 1-5, silver account. $110 obo
Exp 8/24

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #607 on: June 29, 2016, 01:44:30 AM »
Looking for one free night at Cat 2 Hotel   for July 23rd

My offer is $55


Contact me via PM.

Thanks.

Anyone selling? I still need this. I up my offer to $60 Need for a stay on July 23rd.


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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #608 on: June 29, 2016, 11:16:23 PM »
selling 2 Cat 5 cert @110 each expire 10/2016.

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #609 on: July 01, 2016, 11:10:40 AM »
I have a cat 1-5 that expires 7/20. Anyone interested pm me
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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #610 on: July 04, 2016, 12:27:17 AM »
Looking for 1-6 cat . 4 of them. Please Pm me offers

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #611 on: July 04, 2016, 02:38:06 PM »
Still Looking for 1 Cat 1-4 for a stay on Jul 23rd


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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #612 on: July 04, 2016, 03:40:04 PM »
Selling 1 night- silver account - $105
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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #613 on: July 04, 2016, 07:31:24 PM »
looking to pay $60 for 1 night award pm if interested

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #614 on: July 06, 2016, 07:04:08 PM »
Still Looking for 1 Cat 1-4 for a stay on Jul 23rd


Looking to pay $60 OBO

One last attempt, Need one urgently Paying $65

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #615 on: July 10, 2016, 10:30:38 PM »
 $105 category 5 night from gold account

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #616 on: July 12, 2016, 03:56:28 AM »
Looking to book 5 night stay in seattle. When i selected point redemption it showed me 30,000 points per each day and 5th night is free. Total $120K points

is 5th night free if i use certificates for 4 four nights ?


If yes, can i purchase 4 certificates from 4 different people and still get 5th night free ?


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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #617 on: July 12, 2016, 07:18:51 AM »
Looking to book 5 night stay in seattle. When i selected point redemption it showed me 30,000 points per each day and 5th night is free. Total $120K points

is 5th night free if i use certificates for 4 four nights ?


If yes, can i purchase 4 certificates from 4 different people and still get 5th night free ?

even if the first would be true(unsure) no way you pull it off with 4 accounts

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #618 on: July 12, 2016, 11:43:17 AM »
Looking to buy 4  category 1-5 from the same account.

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Re: Marriott certificate category 1-5 $125
« Reply #619 on: July 12, 2016, 12:03:40 PM »
Cat 1-5. Silver account. Expires 08/24/16. $75
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