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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 #4000 on: July 09, 2019, 03:06:01 PM »
Selling 2 nights 35K from same gold account, $320 for both.
@$310

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4001 on: July 09, 2019, 03:56:01 PM »
selling 50k night. $250 obo. Expires in August

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4002 on: July 10, 2019, 02:57:05 AM »
Anyone have Cat 4 1 night certs? Looking for 1 for tonight. PM me.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4003 on: July 10, 2019, 10:53:03 AM »
Selling 1 35k night from gold account for $150 or 30k points transferred into my account.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4004 on: July 10, 2019, 01:00:29 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
Bump

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4005 on: July 10, 2019, 01:05:49 PM »
7 Night Cat 5 = $1250 Platinum Account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4006 on: July 10, 2019, 02:55:01 PM »
Looking for a 5-night category 7 (60k per night 240K total) $1500. Elite status preferred.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4007 on: July 10, 2019, 05:58:56 PM »
Selling 7 night Category 1-5 from Gold account for $1000
Expires: 09/16/2019
Preference given to people that want a USA / Canada hotel

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4008 on: July 10, 2019, 07:14:19 PM »
Selling:
Cat 1-5 (35k) Platinum Elite $160 exp. 1/03/20
Cat 1-5 (35k) Platinum Elite $165 exp. 6/02/20
Ritz       50k   Platinum Elite $265 exp. 6/10/20
All in same acct.
 Better price for taking all
Giving Away:
3x Suite upgrades up to 7 nights booked with my Acct. You get Platinum Elite benefits.
BUMP. Prices Lowered

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4009 on: July 10, 2019, 09:03:41 PM »
Selling Three Cat 1-4 Five Night Certifiactes - $400 Each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4010 on: July 10, 2019, 11:25:32 PM »
Selling one cat 4 night and one cat 5 night from two separate gold accounts.

$130 for the cat 4 night and $150 for the cat 5

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4011 on: July 11, 2019, 12:17:43 AM »
Selling cat-5, 7 night for $950

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4012 on: July 11, 2019, 12:40:36 AM »
Selling Three Cat 1-4 Five Night Certifiactes - $400 Each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4013 on: July 11, 2019, 01:09:19 PM »
Selling Three Cat 1-4 Five Night Certifiactes - $400 Each

SOLD

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4014 on: July 11, 2019, 01:25:28 PM »
selling 50k night @245 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4015 on: July 11, 2019, 01:42:23 PM »
Selling 35k nights (expires in a while)from gold account @ $155 or 28k MT-MT transfer
Selling 50k night (expires in a while) from gold account @ $250 or 45k MT-MT transfer

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4016 on: July 11, 2019, 01:56:27 PM »
Looking for a 5-night category 7 (60k per night 240K total) $1500. Elite status preferred.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4017 on: July 11, 2019, 02:38:09 PM »
Selling 1 35k certificate and one 25k certificate from same account. Looking for 155 and 135 respectfully. PM offers. Gold elite

Also have a 35k certificate for a different account. Asking $155. Silver elite

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4018 on: July 11, 2019, 07:03:40 PM »
2 cat 1-5 (35k) night from Gold elite account at $160 each
1 cat 1-5 (35k) night from Silver elite account at $155
PM.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4019 on: July 11, 2019, 07:11:56 PM »
Selling one 35k night for $165.
PM me if interested.
Selling for $160 now.
Please PM of interested.