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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 #2200 on: August 30, 2018, 09:41:54 AM »
You guys sure love a good typo :)

.05 cents is going rate then? 

Seeking 200k Marriott points at .05 OBO

Going rate used to be around .065 cents. Not sure that a going rate has been established yet following the merger.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2201 on: August 30, 2018, 01:21:44 PM »
Alternatively, looking for a 5-day certificate at a new category 6 hotel.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2202 on: August 30, 2018, 06:37:33 PM »
Buying 4x cat 5 7 night certs
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2203 on: August 30, 2018, 10:49:48 PM »
Seeking new Cat 5, 7 nights certificate. Willing to pay $900.


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2204 on: August 30, 2018, 11:18:13 PM »
Buying 7 night 1-4 for $400 obo. Please pm me with phone number for faster communication

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2205 on: August 31, 2018, 05:43:25 AM »
buying
2x5 night cert @350 or
2x7 night cert @400
platinum member preferred.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2206 on: August 31, 2018, 10:32:45 AM »
Buying 4x cat 5 7 night certs

Please post a price. Thank you.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2207 on: September 02, 2018, 03:05:21 PM »
Looking to purchase 150k Marriott points, $.0065

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2208 on: September 02, 2018, 05:21:53 PM »
Looking to purchase 150k Marriott points, $.0065
which=$975!!
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2209 on: September 03, 2018, 12:01:20 AM »
looking for Marriott cat 1-4 5 night cert.

$300obo or points transfer.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2210 on: September 03, 2018, 10:43:17 AM »
selling new category 1-4    7 night from plat premiere ambassador account $525

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2211 on: September 03, 2018, 04:53:04 PM »
buy new category 6 five-night certificate 1200 or 7-night 1400, pm me.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2212 on: September 03, 2018, 05:10:10 PM »
Buy Marriott points at least 200k pay 0.0065 Thanks!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2213 on: September 04, 2018, 07:12:35 AM »
Selling a 1 night category 1-4 from platinum account for $125 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2214 on: September 04, 2018, 10:37:16 AM »
is someone selling new cat 5 7-nighter cert?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2215 on: September 04, 2018, 11:24:01 AM »
1 Free Night up to 25,000 Points. $90.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2216 on: September 04, 2018, 01:30:53 PM »
Purchasing up to 4:

5 night or 7 night certificates
Category  1-6 (Potentially willing to take 5)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2217 on: September 04, 2018, 01:41:05 PM »
Purchasing up to 4:

5 night or 7 night certificates
Category  1-6 (Potentially willing to take 5)

Please post a price per forum rules.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2218 on: September 06, 2018, 01:56:33 AM »
Seeking new Cat 5, 7 nights certificate. Willing to pay $900.
I have one

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2219 on: September 06, 2018, 01:21:46 PM »
Looking for 1 night 25,000 point cert.