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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 #2700 on: December 03, 2018, 12:57:31 PM »
No hassle or things to explain at checkin.

Especially helpful when booking for family who don't understand why there is someone elses name on the reservation, and you dont feel like explaining the whole buying certificate from someone else process.
it shouldn’t be that much of a hassle HUCAing so many times seems like more of a hassle

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2701 on: December 03, 2018, 01:33:00 PM »
it shouldn’t be that much of a hassle HUCAing so many times seems like more of a hassle

can't argue that you dont have a point. i guess its six of one or half a dozen of the other...

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2702 on: December 03, 2018, 02:45:08 PM »
Buying 7 night cat 6 or cat 7. PM me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2703 on: December 03, 2018, 02:47:48 PM »
Buying cat 4 - 7 nights @425 or obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2704 on: December 03, 2018, 03:26:40 PM »
Buying 7 night cat 7

Anyone have luck upgrading a cat 1-4?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2705 on: December 04, 2018, 03:28:55 PM »
Need to stay 2 nights at Cat 5, send me an offer for certs to cover this. Would also consider buying points for this

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2706 on: December 04, 2018, 03:53:05 PM »
buying marriott category 5  single night cert for 145
I have one cat 5 night cert, I can sell it, when do you want to use it?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2707 on: December 05, 2018, 03:18:57 AM »
Buying new Marriott 7 night cat1-4 and Cat5 certificate
can buy in bulk

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« Reply #2708 on: December 05, 2018, 05:12:55 AM »
Buying Marriott Cat 5 1 night for $135
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2709 on: December 05, 2018, 06:57:00 AM »
Buying 7night cat6 now@1350, I don't need status.
PayPal preferred

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2710 on: December 05, 2018, 09:16:25 AM »
Looking for three cat 1-4 one nighters

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2711 on: December 05, 2018, 09:53:02 AM »
Buying Marriott Cat 5 1 night for $135
I have one I can cell it for 145. let me know

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2712 on: December 05, 2018, 10:13:20 AM »
looking to buy cat 6
4/5 night stay


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2713 on: December 05, 2018, 05:07:07 PM »
Looking to buy a category 5

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2714 on: December 05, 2018, 05:54:06 PM »
Willing to pay $30 per stay if you book under my Marriott platinum account.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2715 on: December 05, 2018, 08:00:39 PM »
i have 2 cat 1-4 for 7 nights asking 450$ pm shimmykol@gmail.com

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2716 on: December 06, 2018, 09:33:25 AM »
Looking for a 1 night cat 5 for jan 1st paying $180

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2717 on: December 06, 2018, 12:13:20 PM »
Selling:
. 1 night,
. Good at any marriot/spg hotel! - Cat. 7 hotels can easily cost $1000+ per night!
. Platinum elite account. - Get upgraded to nicer room, including suites! (subject to availability) 4 pm late checkout, and more
. $300
Bump.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2718 on: December 06, 2018, 10:03:00 PM »
Selling 1 free night up to 25K points for $140 obo.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2719 on: December 06, 2018, 10:47:05 PM »
Selling certificate for 1 night upto 25k for $135. PM me.
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