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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 #5340 on: January 30, 2020, 06:09:53 PM »
50k night, expiring Feb 8. Gold account. Now selling for $225

Also have a 50k night (expiring October) in the same account, $250

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5341 on: January 30, 2020, 07:05:50 PM »
Buying one 25k+ cert @ $90 short expiry OK.  2/15.  Thanks!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5342 on: January 30, 2020, 10:26:00 PM »
Selling two Cat 5 certificates  7 Night
Price?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5343 on: January 30, 2020, 11:41:09 PM »
$850

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5344 on: January 31, 2020, 12:44:03 AM »
Selling 7 Night Category 5 night at $900 obo. PM me
From Titanium account (Till 02/28/2020)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5345 on: January 31, 2020, 01:50:06 AM »
Selling two 35k certificates from gold account @ $135. PM
Exp: 09/2020 and 11/2020
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Re: Cat 1-4 exp 5/12/2020 Titanium status
« Reply #5346 on: February 01, 2020, 07:06:38 AM »
Have a Cat 1-4 expiring 5/12/2020.
Titanium status till next year
Looking for $600
Please PM.

Sold to @leonz1985. Feedback will be updated after stay shortly.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5347 on: February 01, 2020, 10:06:22 AM »
Buying one certificate 20k+ short expiry for Feb 3 or Feb 4 booking.  Paying $100 or $125 for Plat above OBO.  '

Separately buying two 35k certificates from same account for July 3-5 booking.  Paying $260 OBO.

Pls PM.  Thanks.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5348 on: February 01, 2020, 01:53:17 PM »
Selling (all from the same PLATINUM account):

$250 for 50K, $300 for 60K

1x50K exp. 9/1/2020
1x50K exp. 10/16/2020
1x50K exp. 10/26/2020
1x50K exp. 11/3/2020
1x50K exp. 11/7/2020

2x60K exp. 10/16/2020

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5349 on: February 01, 2020, 08:58:32 PM »
Selling one 35k cert
Expires 7/02/2020
$125

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5350 on: February 01, 2020, 09:12:50 PM »
Selling
7 night Cat 1-4 certificate - expiry 07/02/2020 - $600
Expiry date can be extended once for another year.
From Gold Elite account
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5351 on: February 01, 2020, 11:28:17 PM »
Looking for 7night Cat-4 Certs, Platium+ is preferred
Willing to pay $520

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5352 on: February 02, 2020, 06:24:55 AM »
Buying 50k certificate for one night in August, paying $235

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5353 on: February 02, 2020, 01:27:03 PM »
Selling: free night (35k) for $130 OBO. Expires 7/20
              free night (25k) for $115 OBO. Expires 12/20

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5354 on: February 02, 2020, 04:01:55 PM »
Selling
1 free night (35k) for $125.
Expires 5/20
Gold Status
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5355 on: February 02, 2020, 05:35:03 PM »
Selling one 35k cert
Expires 7/02/2020
$125

Sold. Thanks @yeshivabucher for a quick transaction.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5356 on: February 02, 2020, 05:47:33 PM »
Selling one 35k certificate
Expires 11/14/2020
$150
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5357 on: February 02, 2020, 08:49:19 PM »
Selling one free night cert 35k exp 6/3 $140. Currently gold but probably will be downgraded at the end of the month

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5358 on: February 03, 2020, 12:33:17 AM »
Looking for 6 to 7 nights stay at Moxy Downtown NYC from 4/16 to 4/22 or 4/23

I can buy points or buy the 7 nights certificate - please PM me. I can pay 500 but PM me to discuss. Thanks!

This is a Catergory 4 hotel
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #5359 on: February 03, 2020, 12:39:54 AM »
Do the 35k Certificates work for Catergory 5 proprties even if the points price per night is more than 35k?
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