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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 #6340 on: November 30, 2020, 09:59:23 AM »
Looking for 2 nights Category 8 $600

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6341 on: November 30, 2020, 12:04:58 PM »
Selling the rooms below at best offer due to cancellation.



Selling 2 rooms Turnberry Aventura 12/9 - 12/16 - $1,000

Selling 2 rooms ritz Bal Harbor 12/9 - 12/16
regular room -$1900
2-bed suite $5,800
Selling 2 rooms ritz Bal Harbor 01/17 - 01/24 - $2300
Selling overwater bungalow St Regis Maldives 12/7 - 12/14 - $2,300


Ritz Calrton Aruba      01/24 - 01/31 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba      01/21 - 01/28 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba      1/13/2021 - 1/20/2021 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba      01/16 - 01/23 - $2100

The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun      01/24 - 01/31 - $1400

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6342 on: November 30, 2020, 01:08:18 PM »
Selling 1 Category 8, 7-night certificate.

$1,400

Expires 1/31/21, pls keep in mind that the reservation must be booked 30 days in advance

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6343 on: November 30, 2020, 01:52:11 PM »
Selling the rooms below at best offer due to cancellation.



Selling 2 rooms Turnberry Aventura 12/9 - 12/16 - $1,000

Selling 2 rooms ritz Bal Harbor 12/9 - 12/16
regular room -$1900
2-bed suite $5,800
Selling 2 rooms ritz Bal Harbor 01/17 - 01/24 - $2300
Selling overwater bungalow St Regis Maldives 12/7 - 12/14 - $2,300


Ritz Calrton Aruba01/24 - 01/31 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba01/21 - 01/28 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba1/13/2021 - 1/20/2021 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba01/16 - 01/23 - $2100

The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun01/24 - 01/31 - $1400
Anyway to get for one night?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6344 on: November 30, 2020, 02:46:48 PM »
Selling 2x 35k certificates for $180 OBO
Exp: 01/31/2021

Gold Elite account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6345 on: December 01, 2020, 12:48:00 AM »
Looking for 1 (or 2) 7 night certs for Cat 8. Willing to pay $1600 each (if two, a bit more if one). Travel will be mid Feb.

Please let me know if anything available, thanks!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6346 on: December 01, 2020, 12:53:48 PM »
Selling 6 X Free night 35K certs:

2 in one Gold Elite Account:
1) Expires 1/31/21 $95
2) Expired 7/13/21 $110

Buy both for $190

4 in one Gold Elite Account:
1) Expires 1/31/21 $95
2) Expires 1/31/21 $95
3) Expires 9/1/21 $110
4) Expires 11/2/21 $110

Buy all 4 for $390

Buy all 6 from both accounts for $570

PM me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6347 on: December 01, 2020, 03:03:45 PM »
Looking to buy 6 25 k certs for 450$ OBO
for use this week

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6348 on: December 01, 2020, 04:04:42 PM »
selling 3 night ,$100 each $290 for all 3 gold account, must stay by 12/31/20
sold

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6349 on: December 01, 2020, 08:23:35 PM »
Selling 35k FNC. Expires 2/11/2021. $90 OBO.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6350 on: December 01, 2020, 09:34:09 PM »
Selling the rooms below at best offer due to cancellation.



Selling 2 rooms Turnberry Aventura 12/9 - 12/16 - $1,000

Selling 2 rooms ritz Bal Harbor 12/9 - 12/16
regular room -$1900
2-bed suite $5,800
Selling 2 rooms ritz Bal Harbor 01/17 - 01/24 - $2300
Selling overwater bungalow St Regis Maldives 12/7 - 12/14 - $2,300


Ritz Calrton Aruba      01/24 - 01/31 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba      01/21 - 01/28 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba      1/13/2021 - 1/20/2021 - $2100
Ritz Calrton Aruba      01/16 - 01/23 - $2100

The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun      01/24 - 01/31 - $1400
I can take 1 room in the Ritz 12/14- 12-16

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6351 on: December 02, 2020, 10:06:27 AM »
sellling 3 35k nights from same gold elite account
exp.01/02/21 $80
exp. 01/31/21 $95
exp 05/01/21 $110
or $250 for all 3

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6352 on: December 02, 2020, 10:10:41 AM »
Selling up to 7 35k fna $110 each gold account
Bump

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6353 on: December 02, 2020, 02:06:37 PM »
Is anyone selling a 1 night cert for cat 7 or 8?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6354 on: December 02, 2020, 02:08:41 PM »
Is anyone selling a 1 night cert for cat 7 or 8?
They do not exist

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6355 on: December 02, 2020, 02:11:15 PM »
Selling 35k  certificates 2 nights exp 6/21 @100 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6356 on: December 02, 2020, 02:16:31 PM »
Selling:
3x 35K Marriott Gold Acct  $95  Exp. Jan/June/Sept 2021  $270 for all three
2x 35K Marriott Silver Acct $85  Exp. Jan/July   2021
1x 50K Marriott Gold Acct $250  Exp. June 2021

Also paying $30 for paid stays on my gold Acct
Bump with better prices

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6357 on: December 02, 2020, 05:30:31 PM »
Looking to buy 2 50k night's from Platinum account for $400

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6358 on: December 02, 2020, 11:08:05 PM »
Looking to buy 6 25 k certs for 450$ OBO
for use this week

I can sell you one at $70 pls pm me if interested

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6359 on: December 02, 2020, 11:15:09 PM »
Hi selling 4 35k certificates for 100 each take all for 375 1 50k for 200 pm me