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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 #2560 on: November 06, 2018, 08:56:50 PM »
Also looking for 3 nights redeemable for up to 35,000 points per night.  Paying $130 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2561 on: November 06, 2018, 11:04:31 PM »
Looking for 3 Amex 35K FNAs, $400. Needed for Jan 2019.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2562 on: November 07, 2018, 04:58:02 AM »
Still looking for 1x FNA up to 35k, $130.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2563 on: November 07, 2018, 01:18:27 PM »

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2564 on: November 07, 2018, 03:11:02 PM »
Looking for 2 Cat 6 5 night certificates (or in theory 7 night) with Feb 2019 expiration.

Please PM me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2565 on: November 07, 2018, 04:46:26 PM »
Update:

Looking to buy 3 certs.

1x 7-night cat 6 - $1300 OBO
1x 5-night cat 6 - $800 OBO
1x 5-night cat 5 - $500 OBO

All for use late Nov to early Dec 2018. Please PM if you have any of the above certs for sale!

BUMP - any offers for any of the above certs?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2566 on: November 07, 2018, 08:05:38 PM »
BUYING

Open to offers for cat 1-4, 5/7-night since I'm not getting offers for the cat I'm looking for below.

Please PM if you have the following.
1x 7-night cat 6 - $1300 OBO
1x 5-night cat 6 - $800 OBO
1x 5-night cat 5 - $500 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2567 on: November 07, 2018, 09:13:26 PM »
BUYING

Open to offers for cat 1-4, 5/7-night since I'm not getting offers for the cat I'm looking for below.

Please PM if you have the following.
1x 7-night cat 6 - $1300 OBO
1x 5-night cat 6 - $800 OBO
1x 5-night cat 5 - $500 OBO
I have 7 night cat 1-5. It says partial pkg - 45,000 Exp Jan 11

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2568 on: November 07, 2018, 10:52:27 PM »
I have 7 night cat 1-5. It says partial pkg - 45,000 Exp Jan 11

what does partial package mean? and i thought cat 1-5 cert doesn't exist anymore?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2569 on: November 08, 2018, 05:36:44 AM »
Seven night category 6 cert: $1450

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2570 on: November 08, 2018, 06:10:45 AM »
Looking for Cat 5
Paying $520 for a five night cert.
Paying $120 for individual nights.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2571 on: November 08, 2018, 04:28:04 PM »
I have this is my account. What does this mean?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2572 on: November 08, 2018, 04:45:55 PM »
I have this is my account. What does this mean?
Did you extend your certificate at one point for another year?
I just found a new supply of forks!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2573 on: November 08, 2018, 05:04:34 PM »
Did you extend your certificate at one point for another year?
Possible. Cant remember.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2574 on: November 08, 2018, 05:06:24 PM »
Tried making reservation for someone and they said that I have to be present during check-in and cannot add anyone else. Should i call back?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2575 on: November 08, 2018, 05:11:04 PM »
Tried making reservation for someone and they said that I have to be present during check-in and cannot add anyone else. Should i call back?
call the hotel to add the additional guest

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2576 on: November 08, 2018, 05:34:29 PM »
Possible. Cant remember.
Mie was extend for a year and that is how it shows.
I just found a new supply of forks!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2577 on: November 08, 2018, 08:42:51 PM »
Buying one night FNA 35k.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2578 on: November 09, 2018, 01:23:41 PM »
Mie was extend for a year and that is how it shows.
Tried making reservation for someone and they said that I have to be present during check-in and cannot add anyone else. Should i call back?
So is this same as the 7 night cat5 that people are selling for 500+ ?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2579 on: November 09, 2018, 03:01:56 PM »
So is this same as the 7 night cat5 that people are selling for 500+ ?

I think all cat 1-5 cert are converted to cat 1-4, but I could be wrong. you can try to make a reservation for a cat 5 hotel and see if it works?