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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 #2060 on: August 12, 2018, 04:25:20 PM »
Interested in a 7-night Tier 4-5 Ritz.  Please PM me. 

Thank you.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2061 on: August 12, 2018, 04:45:17 PM »
Is there a market for Tier 4-5 7 night certificates? if yes how much do they go for?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2062 on: August 12, 2018, 06:09:51 PM »
Is there a market for Tier 4-5 7 night certificates? if yes how much do they go for?
the guy in top of you wants one

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2063 on: August 12, 2018, 09:30:57 PM »
Anyone have a category 6 cert for sale?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2064 on: August 12, 2018, 09:58:55 PM »
the guy in top of you wants one
He didn't answer my PM so don't know if he really wants. What is its approx resale value?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2065 on: August 12, 2018, 10:01:35 PM »
Anyone have a category 6 cert for sale?
How many nights?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2066 on: August 13, 2018, 08:37:12 AM »
Buying one night cat 1-5
Sometimes it doesn't pay to save money.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2067 on: August 13, 2018, 09:51:00 AM »
Selling 10 catergory 6 Marriott 7 night certs. (One account)

Selling 5 catergory 5 Marriott 7 night certs (one account)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2068 on: August 13, 2018, 09:59:12 AM »
Just an FYI for people looking for these 7-night certificates-- Many people are now purchasing the vacation packages because they will essentially not be commercially viable after the SPG merger on August 18th. This should lead to a glut of supply which will bring the prices down, so unless these are needed ASAP, I would recommend waiting to purchase. The flip side is that, in the very unlikely event that Marriott will be very generous in transferring the certificates to the new program, the prices will increase because they will become more valuable, but I find that unlikely. To be clear, this is just speculation on my part, but I thought that it might be worth sharing.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2069 on: August 13, 2018, 05:04:30 PM »
Selling 14 Marriott 7 nights catergory 5 certs

Discount rate for take all.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2070 on: August 13, 2018, 05:22:33 PM »
Selling 14 Marriott 7 nights catergory 5 certs

Discount rate for take all.

Per forum rules, you must post a price.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2071 on: August 13, 2018, 05:26:46 PM »
Selling Cat 9 7 night
$1400
Please pm
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2072 on: August 13, 2018, 07:31:20 PM »
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2073 on: August 13, 2018, 10:19:36 PM »
Anyone interested in swapping a 7 night cat 1-5 cert to a 5 night cert?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2074 on: August 13, 2018, 11:38:37 PM »
Anyone interested in swapping a 7 night cat 1-5 cert to a 5 night cert?
Why would anyone do that?!?
5 Nights are worth more, being as they are cheaper to upgrade categories.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2075 on: August 14, 2018, 12:30:49 AM »
Why would anyone do that?!?
5 Nights are worth more, being as they are cheaper to upgrade categories.
didnt know that but either way no longer needed - was able to get a rep to give me a 5 night cert so im good bh

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2076 on: August 14, 2018, 12:31:33 AM »
didnt know that but either way no longer needed - was able to get a rep to give me a 5 night cert so im good bh
You got a rep to swap a 7 night cert for a 5 night cert?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2077 on: August 14, 2018, 12:55:07 AM »
You got a rep to swap a 7 night cert for a 5 night cert?
No I HUCAed a few times and got a rep to give me a 5 night cert

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2078 on: August 14, 2018, 01:19:21 AM »
No I HUCAed a few times and got a rep to give me a 5 night cert
Oh, you mean right off the bat, nice!
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2079 on: August 14, 2018, 02:56:19 AM »
how do I redeem a 7 day cert?
and how do I get it in the buyers name?
thanks