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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: 5 & 7 night Marriott certificates
« Reply #980 on: March 18, 2017, 09:48:35 PM »
Might have need for one 5 night cat 5 Marriott Cert for $190 or 7 night for $200, will pay 2% premium if you take credit card.

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Re: 5 & 7 night Marriott certificates
« Reply #981 on: March 19, 2017, 11:50:54 AM »
Anyone have a 5 Night Category 9 cert?

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #982 on: March 20, 2017, 07:35:52 AM »
1 night for sale at $105.

Still available.

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #983 on: March 20, 2017, 09:51:01 AM »
Marriot cert cat. 1-5 for sale. $80  Expires 3/31/17

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #984 on: March 20, 2017, 09:51:45 AM »
When I book my cert for someone else, who's name do I put it under? Thanks!

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #985 on: March 20, 2017, 09:56:20 AM »
Selling marriot cert one night category 1-5  $80  Expires 3/31/17

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #986 on: March 20, 2017, 02:45:19 PM »
When I book my cert for someone else, who's name do I put it under? Thanks!
I believe yours and the persons. CIIM

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #987 on: March 20, 2017, 02:45:38 PM »
I believe yours and the persons. CMIIW

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #988 on: March 20, 2017, 03:46:07 PM »

Thats what I though I've heard also.
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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #989 on: March 21, 2017, 01:45:43 AM »
Need 1 for check in tomorrow in Miami, FL.

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #990 on: March 23, 2017, 04:01:52 PM »
Marriot cert cat. 1-5 for sale. $80  Expires 3/31/17
Bump. Now selling for $70

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
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Selling marriot cert one night category 1-5  $80  Expires 3/31/17
Bump. Now selling for $70

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
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Re: 5 & 7 night Marriott certificates
« Reply #993 on: March 24, 2017, 12:45:44 PM »
Need a 7 night cat 1-5 cert. Pls pm me.

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Re: 5 & 7 night Marriott certificates
« Reply #994 on: March 26, 2017, 11:04:39 PM »
I need a 5 night Cat 8/9 cert. PM me if you have one.

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Re: 5 & 7 night Marriott certificates
« Reply #995 on: March 27, 2017, 03:35:25 PM »
Looking for a 5 or 7 night cert, any category, PM me what you have and what price you want and we'll see if we can work it out!

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #996 on: March 27, 2017, 03:50:43 PM »
Looking for a 5 or 7 night cert, any category, PM me what you have and what price you want and we'll see if we can work it out!

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #997 on: March 27, 2017, 03:51:12 PM »
Looking for a 5 or 7 night cert, any category, PM me what you have and what price you want and we'll see if we can work it out!

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-5 free night certificate
« Reply #998 on: March 27, 2017, 09:55:19 PM »
Anyone selling a 1 night certificate expiring soon?

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Re: Marriott Cat 1-4 for Sale
« Reply #999 on: March 27, 2017, 09:55:38 PM »
Anyone selling a certificate expiring soon?