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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 #3980 on: July 07, 2019, 04:27:12 PM »
$150 Marriott GC for $120. it is 3 $50 GCs.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3981 on: July 07, 2019, 05:10:25 PM »
Selling 2 35k cert from 1 gold account $165 for 1 or $315 for both
Have another 1 35 cert from gold account selling at $160

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3982 on: July 07, 2019, 06:48:48 PM »
Hi,

Are there any concerns for using a 7 night certificate in China (I thought I read about issues in the past) as the secondary guest?  Thanks for help.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3983 on: July 07, 2019, 07:21:47 PM »
How much are the Marriott annual free nights going for?
I believe the 35k nights that are sold here are the annual free night certificates,

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3984 on: July 07, 2019, 07:28:04 PM »
Looking to buy 3 free nights for the ritz in maui starting tomorrow night

170 each

Please PM

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3985 on: July 07, 2019, 08:46:08 PM »
Looking to buy 3 free nights for the ritz in maui starting tomorrow night

170 each

Please PM

Thanks

Ritz thread here

https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=51715.2235

going rate seems to be in the $260 - $300 range.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3986 on: July 07, 2019, 09:28:02 PM »
Hi,

Are there any concerns for using a 7 night certificate in China (I thought I read about issues in the past) as the secondary guest?  Thanks for help.

Yes, Asia is always risky. I've used these many times in the USA without an issue, but several times I've had to clear an issue with reservation in Asia.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3987 on: July 07, 2019, 10:24:08 PM »
Looking to buy 1-5 7 night marriott for $500.00

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3988 on: July 08, 2019, 05:09:02 AM »
selling three marriot 35 k nights from same gold account for 500

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3989 on: July 08, 2019, 11:00:26 AM »
If 35k night certificates are the annual free marriott night, what are the cat 6 5/7 nights? I guess I'm just confused why there's 5 nights available for cat 6 but not 3 nights?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3990 on: July 08, 2019, 11:31:11 AM »
Selling all from Titanium Account:

four 5N Cat 5 - $800 each
two 5N Cat 6 - $1150 each

two 1N cat 5 - $180 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3991 on: July 08, 2019, 01:41:42 PM »
Selling 1 35k night @ $150

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3992 on: July 08, 2019, 02:39:30 PM »
selling 1 night $180

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3993 on: July 08, 2019, 04:58:17 PM »
Selling one 35k night for $165.
PM me if interested.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3994 on: July 08, 2019, 05:50:24 PM »
Selling a category 5 cert (35k) from silver elite account for $140
Please PM me. Thanks

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3995 on: July 08, 2019, 07:52:09 PM »
Selling one 35K night from Gold account at $160

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3996 on: July 08, 2019, 08:50:12 PM »
$150 Marriott GC for $120. it is 3 $50 GCs.
sold..thanks for smooth transaction

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3997 on: July 08, 2019, 09:29:42 PM »
selling 1 cat 5 (35k annual cert) for $160.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3998 on: July 08, 2019, 10:32:11 PM »
Available. Please PM if interested.

Sold. Thanks @chookshook for the easy transaction!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #3999 on: July 09, 2019, 02:19:37 PM »
Selling 3- 35k nights 150 each, total 450. PM please