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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 #2380 on: October 10, 2018, 11:00:00 AM »
Buying 7 night cat 5 @ 700
Buying another @800

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2381 on: October 10, 2018, 12:09:02 PM »
Selling 3x Cat 1-4

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2382 on: October 10, 2018, 01:41:36 PM »
still looking to buy for new cat5 5-night cert. offering $650 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2383 on: October 10, 2018, 01:45:22 PM »
Buying 5 or 7 nights
cat5 and cat6

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2384 on: October 10, 2018, 08:48:04 PM »
Selling 1 night up to 25k points, expiring 10/16, asking $90 OBO.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2385 on: October 10, 2018, 10:24:54 PM »
BUYING - One 7-night Cat 6, $1200 OBO. will consider cat 7 please PM your offer.

BUYING - One 5-night Cat 5 or below. Please PM offers. (will consider 7-night cert offers as well)

For use in late November - early December 2018.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2386 on: October 11, 2018, 11:18:50 AM »
Sorry to hijack this thread.

Someone reached out to me about an issue I had with these Marriott Certs in the past. It was settled very quickly.

Please PM me as there was no reply to email address.


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2387 on: October 11, 2018, 11:21:16 AM »
selling 7 nights Cat 1-4 certs @ $425.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2388 on: October 11, 2018, 11:25:25 AM »
Good Morning. What is the expiration date?

selling 7 nights Cat 1-4 certs @ $425.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2389 on: October 11, 2018, 10:39:35 PM »
Selling 1 night up to 25k points, expiring 10/16, asking $90 OBO.

do you have to book by 10/16 or stay by 10/16

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2390 on: October 11, 2018, 11:02:15 PM »
do you have to book by 10/16 or stay by 10/16

I don’t know. Maybe someone else who is more knowledgeable can answer.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2391 on: October 11, 2018, 11:05:16 PM »
subsidizing SPG/marriott stays on my account.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2392 on: October 11, 2018, 11:22:19 PM »
subsidizing SPG/marriott stays on my account.

What incentives are there for one to Subsidize stays?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2393 on: October 11, 2018, 11:31:16 PM »
What incentives are there for one to Subsidize stays?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2394 on: October 12, 2018, 07:47:11 AM »
What incentives are there for one to Subsidize stays?
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« Reply #2395 on: October 12, 2018, 01:09:52 PM »
I don’t know. Maybe someone else who is more knowledgeable can answer.

Does anyone have an answer for the above? *thanks

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« Reply #2396 on: October 12, 2018, 01:12:12 PM »
Does anyone have an answer for the above? *thanks
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2397 on: October 12, 2018, 01:17:06 PM »
This didn't answer your question?

Thanks! -- It was regarding, "Selling 1 night up to 25k points, expiring 10/16, asking $90 OBO."

It the expiration date a book by date or is it a stay by date?  I want to book for a trip in November.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2398 on: October 12, 2018, 01:20:17 PM »
Thanks! -- It was regarding, "Selling 1 night up to 25k points, expiring 10/16, asking $90 OBO."

It the expiration date a book by date or is it a stay by date?  I want to book for a trip in November.

You definitely cannot use it in November. I just don't know whether 10/16 is the last day to check-in or check-out.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2399 on: October 12, 2018, 01:20:47 PM »
Selling 1 night up to 25k points, expiring 10/16, asking $90 OBO.

Bump.