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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 #4880 on: December 04, 2019, 10:45:17 AM »
Selling a 7-night Cat 1-4 cert, expires 7/1/20, gold status. $650
Also selling one 35K night, expires 3/8/20, gold status. $130

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4881 on: December 04, 2019, 11:46:42 AM »
Selling Certificates

7nights certificates category 5 - $900
7nights certificates category6 - $1,100
7nights certificates category7 - $1,400
7nights certificates category8 - $1,600
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4882 on: December 04, 2019, 01:44:26 PM »
Still selling some certificates Marriott

7nights certificates category 5 - $900
7nights certificates category6 - $1,100
7nights certificates category7 - $1,400
7nights certificates category8 - $1,600

Prices are firm

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4883 on: December 04, 2019, 03:17:18 PM »
Selling 1x50K MT Cert @ 250.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4884 on: December 04, 2019, 03:27:17 PM »
 selling one 35K night, expires 1/30/20, gold status. $130

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4885 on: December 04, 2019, 07:17:36 PM »
Selling 2x 50k Marriott free night certs, gold account. Expires Feb and October next year, $500 for both.
Still available! Send me a PM if you’re interested.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4886 on: December 04, 2019, 07:30:03 PM »
Buying 5 night cat 8 cert for use before end of year paying $1200 obo

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Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4887 on: December 04, 2019, 09:01:42 PM »
Selling 1 50k cert. expires 1/23/20. $240.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4888 on: December 04, 2019, 10:41:34 PM »
5 night category 5 certificate for sale.
Expires 8/2020
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$750 OBO
$700 if stay is before 12/31/19

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4889 on: December 05, 2019, 12:34:32 AM »
selling 1 35k gold elite for $100 expires 1/03/2020

plz pm or whatsapp 732-806-1448

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4890 on: December 05, 2019, 03:53:18 AM »
Hi I am interested in purchasing the 35k - Does it work for UK hotels?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4891 on: December 05, 2019, 04:02:17 PM »
selling 1 35k gold elite for $100 expires 1/03/2020

plz pm or whatsapp 732-806-1448
Sold!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4892 on: December 05, 2019, 04:33:46 PM »
Selling one free night certificate -50,000 expires on May 6, 2020 for $250.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4893 on: December 05, 2019, 05:03:02 PM »
Buying single night 35k expires soon okay. PM me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4894 on: December 05, 2019, 05:10:07 PM »
Looking for 4 nights redeemable at Ritz Bal Harbor - to stay shortly. PM with price

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4895 on: December 05, 2019, 05:44:33 PM »
Selling 35k night from gold account expires December 2019. *$100*
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Expires 12/24/19
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4896 on: December 05, 2019, 10:06:35 PM »
Selling 4x 50k nights from same account
$250 for one, $490 for 2, or $950 all 4.  Refs. available. PayPal or Zelle.
Expires 15 January 2020
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4897 on: December 05, 2019, 10:07:22 PM »
Smooth transaction with @BrooklynCPA

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4898 on: December 05, 2019, 10:13:05 PM »
Some cat 5 showing 40k points? Am I missing something?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #4899 on: December 05, 2019, 10:32:39 PM »
Marriott's new dynamic award pricing

Peak season is 40k