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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 #4280 on: August 15, 2019, 12:35:12 AM »
Buying 1 Cat 1-5 Cert
$115 OBO
Short Expiring ok

Closed. Thank you @upside down  for a smooth booking!
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4281 on: August 15, 2019, 08:59:10 AM »
Platinum Elite - 1 night up to 50k  - $275 June 2020 expiration

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4282 on: August 15, 2019, 09:16:26 AM »
New Peak Pricing going to make these certificates more valuable?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4283 on: August 15, 2019, 09:36:15 AM »
New Peak Pricing going to make these certificates more valuable?

Not according to TPG, who states that any certificates which have a points amount tied to them (ie: credit card nights good at a 35k a night property) will only be valid for standard and off-peak awards, but not for peak pricing. I'm unclear about the vacation packages, but the way that Marriott is handling all reward matters, I would not be surprised if they applied the same rules to those as well.

If anything, this new change might lower the value of the vacation packages, because it might only make sense to use them during standard pricing, and stick to points for off-peak pricing.

Another big blow to the Bonvoy program.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4284 on: August 15, 2019, 10:56:30 AM »
Selling 7night cat7 - $1800 OBO
Selling 7night cat8 - $2200 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4285 on: August 15, 2019, 11:25:04 AM »
PSA: In my opinion, if your intended reservation ends after September 14, I would wait to purchase any certificates, as they might no longer be valid for the dates you want based on peak/ off-peak pricing.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4286 on: August 15, 2019, 11:30:26 AM »
PSA: In my opinion, if your intended reservation ends after September 14, I would wait to purchase any certificates, as they might no longer be valid for the dates you want based on peak/ off-peak pricing.
Find it hard to believe that they won't honor attached certificates.
On the other hand, prices may go up with Peak Pricing (or down with Point Breaks).
If you have an intended reservation for after September 14, might make sense to lock it in now...

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4287 on: August 15, 2019, 11:34:06 AM »
Find it hard to believe that they won't honor attached certificates.
On the other hand, prices may go up with Peak Pricing (or down with Point Breaks).
If you have an intended reservation for after September 14, might make sense to lock it in now...

That's right. I was unclear. What I should have said is not to purchase now unless your dates are locked in and won't change.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4288 on: August 15, 2019, 11:49:36 AM »
Can you please excuse my ignorance but what does a 5/7 week Marriott certificate mean?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4289 on: August 15, 2019, 12:31:49 PM »
Can you please excuse my ignorance but what does a 5/7 week Marriott certificate mean?
It's usually part of a travel package.
In short it is an award certificate that you can redeem for 5 or 7 consecutive nights, at various category levels.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4290 on: August 15, 2019, 12:31:54 PM »
Can you please excuse my ignorance but what does a 5/7 week Marriott certificate mean?
basically you buying/selling 5 or 7 consecutive nights in the same hotel

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4291 on: August 15, 2019, 12:53:27 PM »
Selling 1 night up to 35k points from Silver account, exp. 7/2020

$150

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4292 on: August 15, 2019, 01:07:07 PM »
Buying Marriot Cat 1-5 Cert
Short Expiring ok
$125

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4293 on: August 15, 2019, 01:17:42 PM »
Looking for 2 Marriott certificates for use this weekend in Cat 2 hotel. Pay up to $125 per cert

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4294 on: August 15, 2019, 02:04:53 PM »
selling 2 Marriott nights up to 35k pts from one account (exp 5/2/20 and 7/2/20)
$140 each or $270 for both

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4295 on: August 15, 2019, 05:28:06 PM »
Not according to TPG, who states that any certificates which have a points amount tied to them (ie: credit card nights good at a 35k a night property) will only be valid for standard and off-peak awards, but not for peak pricing. I'm unclear about the vacation packages, but the way that Marriott is handling all reward matters, I would not be surprised if they applied the same rules to those as well.

If anything, this new change might lower the value of the vacation packages, because it might only make sense to use them during standard pricing, and stick to points for off-peak pricing.

Another big blow to the Bonvoy program.

I am referring to 5/7 night travel certificates.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4296 on: August 15, 2019, 05:32:55 PM »
Looking for 1 or 2 nights 35k certificate from a platinum account.

Offering $160 per night

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4297 on: August 15, 2019, 05:53:35 PM »
Selling:
1x 7-night Cat 1-4 Exp 08/2020 (Gold account) $600
1x 1-night (35K) Exp 07/2020 (silver account, can be combined/gold) $170

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4298 on: August 15, 2019, 08:31:39 PM »
Selling

2x Ritz nights (up to 60K) exp. 10/3/19 - $300 each
1x Marriott night (up to 50K) exp. 11/7/19 - $250

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4299 on: August 15, 2019, 08:47:05 PM »
Not according to TPG, who states that any certificates which have a points amount tied to them (ie: credit card nights good at a 35k a night property) will only be valid for standard and off-peak awards, but not for peak pricing. I'm unclear about the vacation packages, but the way that Marriott is handling all reward matters, I would not be surprised if they applied the same rules to those as well.

If anything, this new change might lower the value of the vacation packages, because it might only make sense to use them during standard pricing, and stick to points for off-peak pricing.

Another big blow to the Bonvoy program.

From today

Bonvoy confirms to me that Marriott travel packages do not have restrictions on use during peak nights. Marriott reward night certificates can be used for their permitted category whether the standard room redemption is for off season, standard or peak season. As a result you get the most value during peak season.

https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2019/08/15/marriott-travel-packages-finally-have-a-use-case-with-peak-season-awards/?utm_source=milesfeed.com&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=MilesFeed.com