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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 #2780 on: December 20, 2018, 11:13:14 AM »
Selling Ritz FN (60k) from Plat account, need to stay by 12/30 - $225

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2781 on: December 21, 2018, 12:10:09 PM »
Looking for cat 1-4 seven nights @400 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2782 on: December 21, 2018, 01:11:01 PM »
Selling 1 Amex FNA up to 35k points from a Gold account for $170

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2783 on: December 24, 2018, 11:51:20 AM »
Seeking 7 nights Cat 1-4 or also Cat 6. Platinum status please!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2784 on: December 24, 2018, 07:48:00 PM »
Selling Marriott 7 night cert cat 1-4 (new) for $435. Please pm me.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2785 on: December 24, 2018, 08:33:44 PM »
Looking to buy a 7-night certificate category 4. Please message me if looking for buyer. Thank you.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2786 on: December 24, 2018, 10:16:58 PM »
I'm looking for the following

A 5 or 7 night cat 6 vouch
or 5 or 7 night cat 7 vouch

PM at 3475630562 if have any


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2787 on: December 25, 2018, 01:04:31 PM »
Selling Marriott 7 night cert cat 1-4 (new) for $500. Please pm me if interested..

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2788 on: December 25, 2018, 01:38:46 PM »
looking for a cat 5-7  - 7 nights  PM me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2789 on: December 25, 2018, 02:35:56 PM »
Looking also for spare nights in cat 5

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2790 on: December 25, 2018, 04:00:24 PM »
Looking also for spare nights in cat 5
What you mean by "spare nights"? Single nights? 5/7 day Certs?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2791 on: December 25, 2018, 04:02:54 PM »
What you mean by "spare nights"? Single nights? 5/7 day Certs?
Yes, single nights but cat 5

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2792 on: December 25, 2018, 07:42:57 PM »
Selling account with 5 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $2100
Selling account with 4 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $1700
Selling account with 3 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $1275
Selling account with 2 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $860
Selling account with 1 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $430





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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2793 on: December 25, 2018, 08:52:50 PM »
I have a Marriott single night up to 25,000 points. Is that Cat 4 or 5?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2794 on: December 25, 2018, 09:07:06 PM »
I have a Marriott single night up to 25,000 points. Is that Cat 4 or 5?
25K points equates to a Category 4 property.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2795 on: December 25, 2018, 09:09:40 PM »
25K points equates to a Category 4 property.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2796 on: December 25, 2018, 09:10:49 PM »
Selling single night cert up to 25,000 points (cat 4)   $100

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2797 on: December 25, 2018, 10:41:19 PM »
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2798 on: December 25, 2018, 11:02:05 PM »
Selling single night cert up to 25,000 points (cat 4)   $100

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #2799 on: December 26, 2018, 07:30:06 AM »
Buy a 7 night category 4 for $430. Also need a 1 night certificate at a category 4 as well.

Selling account with 5 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $2100
Selling account with 4 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $1700
Selling account with 3 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $1275
Selling account with 2 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $860
Selling account with 1 Marriott category 1-4  7 day certificates.   $430