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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 #3360 on: March 18, 2019, 09:16:48 PM »
2 one night certs for up to 35,000 points from Gold account for sale. $160/ cert.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3361 on: March 19, 2019, 11:44:15 AM »
Looking to buy 1 more 35k cert to be used in late June from a Platinum+ account.

Paying 180.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3362 on: March 19, 2019, 03:06:05 PM »
Looking to buy 3x 35k cert from same account gold or higher @BO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3363 on: March 19, 2019, 03:11:20 PM »
Looking to buy 3x 35k cert from same account gold or higher @BO
post a price please

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3364 on: March 19, 2019, 05:16:07 PM »
7 night cat 5 platinum acc
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3365 on: March 19, 2019, 05:38:47 PM »
Looking to buy 3x 35k cert from same account gold or higher @BO
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3366 on: March 19, 2019, 06:28:53 PM »
Looking to buy a single night cat 4. PM me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3367 on: March 19, 2019, 06:34:16 PM »
Buying 2 7 night cat 6 certificates.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3368 on: March 19, 2019, 07:29:59 PM »
Looking to buy
1. 5-Night cat 6 cert
2. 4-Night cat 4 cert
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3369 on: March 19, 2019, 07:57:18 PM »
Looking to buy 1 category 4. Can expire end of March 2019

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Can anyone PM me what MT is currently going for?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3371 on: March 19, 2019, 08:05:08 PM »
Can anyone PM me what MT is currently going for?
.55-.6

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3372 on: March 20, 2019, 06:03:40 AM »
Selling 2 one night certs for up to 35k points. Plat elite accounts. $175 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3373 on: March 20, 2019, 09:51:35 AM »
Looking to buy a 7 day category 4 or 5

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3374 on: March 20, 2019, 05:37:52 PM »
Cat 1-4 (old 1-5) 7 night cert available. $475 OBO.
Exp Nov 2019. PM me.

Hi, is this still available? Does the stay need to be completed by Nov or booked by Nov? I'm looking for a reservation for 11/30/19 - 12/6/19.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3375 on: March 20, 2019, 05:50:36 PM »
looking for one 1-4 7 night, @$475

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3376 on: March 20, 2019, 11:39:15 PM »
Unused Certificates  (1)Partial Package - 7 nights category 1-4Expires: 12/25/2019


Ready to sell for 475 $

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3377 on: March 21, 2019, 08:28:40 PM »
looking for cat 4, 5 nights $425 paypal.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3378 on: March 22, 2019, 03:09:45 AM »
looking to buy 2 7 night cat 5 PM me please

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3379 on: March 22, 2019, 12:53:46 PM »
Selling the following from titanium Elite

Selling 2 X 5 night Cat 6 at any bookable hotel for $1,500.

Selling 2 X 5 night Cat 5 at any bookable hotel for $ 900.

Selling 1 X 5 night Cat 4 at any bookable hotel for $ 500.

Also have 1 night 35 K certificate available and 1 X 25 K certificate

Please PM me if interested.