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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 #6560 on: December 24, 2020, 04:25:35 PM »
Buying 2* 35k nights cert, same account.
Paying $200 for both or bo.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6561 on: December 24, 2020, 05:43:21 PM »
Looking for a SNA.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6562 on: December 24, 2020, 06:17:22 PM »
Buying 2* 35k nights cert, same account.
Paying $200 for both or bo.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6563 on: December 24, 2020, 07:01:43 PM »
selling 3x 35k certificates from gold account. 3 for $300

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Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6564 on: December 24, 2020, 10:04:58 PM »
Selling 5 - 35k Marriott free nights for $100 each must buy all 5

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6565 on: December 25, 2020, 02:15:37 AM »
Buying 1 35K Marriott Free night. Any expiration.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6566 on: December 26, 2020, 10:47:25 PM »
Selling 35k certificate from gold elite account for $110. PM. Exp: 06/2021

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6567 on: December 27, 2020, 10:51:45 AM »
selling 3x 35k certificates from gold account. 3 for $300

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6568 on: December 27, 2020, 03:26:31 PM »
Two already sold selling another 2 35 k $100 each and 50k $250

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6569 on: December 27, 2020, 04:05:27 PM »
Selling 1 50K ($225) night and 7 Night Cat 5 ($1000)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6570 on: December 27, 2020, 04:25:44 PM »
Looking to buy a 3 70K certs Do these exist? alternatively, i would buy a 5 night cat 8. Any other ways of doing this aside from using points?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6571 on: December 27, 2020, 06:48:12 PM »
Selling 3 x 50K nights from gold account for 220 each OBO.
Also selling 2 x 35K nights from gold account for 110 each OBO.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6572 on: December 27, 2020, 10:49:15 PM »
5 50K nights available, Gold account. Exp 11/2021.

Asking $250 each OBO.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6573 on: December 27, 2020, 11:18:02 PM »
Selling from gold account:
50k night exp 1/31 $200
35k night exp 3/06 $110
25k night exp 1/31 $100
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6574 on: December 27, 2020, 11:21:29 PM »
Selling 8x 35k gold $100 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6575 on: December 27, 2020, 11:29:44 PM »
Selling 5x Free Nights 50k Titanium Elite Status $250 Checkin before you pay(Highly reviewed members)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6576 on: December 28, 2020, 11:47:27 AM »
Anyone have any 7 night certs for sale?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6577 on: December 28, 2020, 12:24:15 PM »
How much are you offering?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6578 on: December 28, 2020, 05:12:18 PM »
Anyone have any 7 night certs for sale?
1 7-night cert
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6579 on: December 28, 2020, 05:51:25 PM »
Selling 1  50k Cert - Gold Elite for $225 OBO
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