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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 #3400 on: March 27, 2019, 05:06:02 PM »
Why are you even doing this?
to help me requalify

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3401 on: March 27, 2019, 07:51:14 PM »
Looking for 7 night cat 5, pm me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3402 on: March 28, 2019, 12:08:09 AM »
Looking for 2 cat 6
or 2 50K thanks Pm Please

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3403 on: March 29, 2019, 02:40:20 AM »
Looking for 2 35K nights from same account. Only Platinum ($200 per night), Titanium ($205) or Ambassador ($210).

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3404 on: March 29, 2019, 05:27:14 AM »
Selling one night (35k) on a platinum elite account. $200

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3405 on: March 29, 2019, 10:18:46 AM »
Selling
One night category 1-5(35k) from Gold - $165

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3406 on: March 29, 2019, 10:24:10 AM »
Selling 7 night CAT6, $1800

@DickPickles or anyone with 7 night cat 6, I'm a buyer at $1,500

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3407 on: March 29, 2019, 11:50:14 AM »
Anyone still selling 5 nights cat 4? Paying $450.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3408 on: March 29, 2019, 11:54:58 AM »
Looking for multiple 7 days cert1-4 @475. PM if you have.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3409 on: March 29, 2019, 11:58:51 AM »
Looking to buy 7 night category 4 for $450 OBO
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3410 on: March 29, 2019, 02:02:04 PM »
Looking for 2 nights cat 5 (35k points)
From the same account.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3411 on: March 29, 2019, 02:36:23 PM »
Looking for one night category 1-5(35k). Please let me know if you have one.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3412 on: March 29, 2019, 05:06:05 PM »
Selling 7 night category 4 for $475 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3413 on: March 31, 2019, 06:38:26 AM »
Selling one night (35k) on a platinum elite account. $200

Price dropped to $175.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3414 on: March 31, 2019, 01:35:16 PM »
looking to sell 1 free night up to 60k with platinum status $325 exp 7/22/19

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3415 on: March 31, 2019, 08:59:36 PM »
Selling 50K marriot/ritz night platinum account for $270

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3416 on: March 31, 2019, 10:55:49 PM »
Looking to purchase 1-4 7 night certificate. $450, $475 if you can book it for me tommorow am

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3417 on: March 31, 2019, 11:04:56 PM »
looking to buy 5 night cat 5 for $600

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3418 on: April 01, 2019, 12:24:23 PM »
looking for 5 night cat 5.  Will pay up to $700.  Please PM

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3419 on: April 01, 2019, 03:56:04 PM »
Selling 7 night Category-5  Gold account $1,100.