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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 #1360 on: October 25, 2017, 09:06:24 PM »
Cant be split. Can be upgraded. Sellers can tell you how much depending on cat upgrade.
What about 2 rooms at the same time at the same property ?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1361 on: October 26, 2017, 12:30:03 AM »
What about 2 rooms at the same time at the same property ?

Sure with two certs

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1362 on: October 26, 2017, 11:54:03 AM »
Any way to upgrade a Marriott 7 night cat 1-5 certificate to use at a cat 6 property ? tried to call marriott to book a cat 6 and they said no way... is this a HUCA situation ?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1363 on: October 26, 2017, 02:31:26 PM »
Any way to upgrade a Marriott 7 night cat 1-5 certificate to use at a cat 6 property ? tried to call marriott to book a cat 6 and they said no way... is this a HUCA situation ?

It is absolutely permissible. Just need to add 30,000 points.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1364 on: October 27, 2017, 12:25:44 PM »
It is absolutely permissible. Just need to add 30,000 points.

did it. Thanks!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1365 on: October 28, 2017, 09:52:19 PM »
7 night cert (category 1-5) for $265.
can upgrade for $180 per category
Do u still have it?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1366 on: October 30, 2017, 11:38:20 AM »
How would I combine a stay where I use my own certificate, with a certificate that I buy here? Will I need to checkout and check back in? Will I need to change rooms?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1367 on: October 30, 2017, 01:41:55 PM »
7 night cert cat 1-5. $265

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1368 on: October 30, 2017, 05:07:46 PM »
Selling 1 night Cat 1-5 for 15k marriott points or make a cash offer.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1369 on: October 30, 2017, 08:02:55 PM »
Can someone give me a quick rundown the difference between the 7 night certificates and where they can be used and all the other ones?? Like why the massive difference in price?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1370 on: October 31, 2017, 12:57:54 AM »
Can someone give me a quick rundown the difference between the 7 night certificates and where they can be used and all the other ones?? Like why the massive difference in price?

here is a few of the things you'll see in this thread:
1. One Marriott award night that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. cannot be upgraded. good for one night.
2. A seven night Marriott award stay that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. These CAN be upgraded using points. these are good for 7 nights. cannot be split or broken up.
3. A five night award night stay that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. These CAN be upgraded using points. good for 5 nights.  cannot be split or broken up.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1371 on: October 31, 2017, 01:26:19 AM »
here is a few of the things you'll see in this thread:
1. One Marriott award night that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. cannot be upgraded. good for one night.
2. A seven night Marriott award stay that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. These CAN be upgraded using points. these are good for 7 nights. cannot be split or broken up.
3. A five night award night stay that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. These CAN be upgraded using points. good for 5 nights.  cannot be split or broken up.
Thank you. So when people sell the 7 night certificates for $250, that's for the whole week?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1372 on: October 31, 2017, 02:22:52 AM »
looking for a 7 night cat 6..PM me please...Thank you

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1373 on: October 31, 2017, 09:05:19 AM »
Thank you. So when people sell the 7 night certificates for $250, that's for the whole week?
yes

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1374 on: October 31, 2017, 01:32:16 PM »
here is a few of the things you'll see in this thread:
1. One Marriott award night that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. cannot be upgraded. good for one night.
2. A seven night Marriott award stay that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. These CAN be upgraded using points. these are good for 7 nights. cannot be split or broken up.
3. A five night award night stay that can be used in category 1-5 hotels. These CAN be upgraded using points. good for 5 nights.  cannot be split or broken up.

Regarding point 3, if the AH is not a Marriott time-share owner at the moment, then it's very risky to upgrade the certificates. In short, the Marriott representatives cancel the existing certificate and reissue a new one in a higher category, but they will be unable to do so if the AH is not a time-share owner. That' been my recent experience, at least.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1375 on: October 31, 2017, 09:57:16 PM »
Looking for cat 7 five nights

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1376 on: November 01, 2017, 12:31:58 PM »
How would I combine a stay where I use my own certificate, with a certificate that I buy here? Will I need to checkout and check back in? Will I need to change rooms?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1377 on: November 01, 2017, 01:00:18 PM »
Bump

I have used certs (mine, and my brothers) for a stay in Montreal. At that hotel I pointed out the two bookings and they organized it so I did not have to move rooms. I may have had to come down and re-check in, but not move rooms.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1378 on: November 01, 2017, 04:55:27 PM »
I have used certs (mine, and my brothers) for a stay in Montreal. At that hotel I pointed out the two bookings and they organized it so I did not have to move rooms. I may have had to come down and re-check in, but not move rooms.

Thanks for the info. Since your brother has the last name as you (or does he?  ;)) they might have let it through. Not sure what if I buy it from a total stranger.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #1379 on: November 01, 2017, 05:25:57 PM »
selling 7-night cat 1-5 certs:
Silver $300
Gold $325
Plat $350

Certs can be upgraded.
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