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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 #6780 on: February 07, 2021, 04:15:31 PM »
Call Marriott to book and add the second guest to the reservation when speaking with the agent to book. The name should show up on the email (sometimes not the first one, but the second one they send out later). Shouldn't be an issue checking in as far as I know.
Only on points reservations. Certificates can't be gifted.


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6781 on: February 07, 2021, 04:30:02 PM »

I just did it twice. Called them and booked with an additional second guest (not primary) with certificates. Their name shows up on the reservation as an additional guest.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6782 on: February 07, 2021, 07:46:24 PM »
I just did it twice. Called them and booked with an additional second guest (not primary) with certificates. Their name shows up on the reservation as an additional guest.
Wow! good for you! when I called the Reservations person insisted that it was impossible...
Unless it was because I originally booked it online and then called to add and you booked the whole thing on the phone?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6783 on: February 07, 2021, 08:19:15 PM »
Wow! good for you! when I called the Reservations person insisted that it was impossible...
Unless it was because I originally booked it online and then called to add and you booked the whole thing on the phone?
Possibly. I did it twice, so I don't know if I (or my buyer!) just got lucky twice or that is how it is supposed to be.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6784 on: February 07, 2021, 09:40:22 PM »
Wow! good for you! when I called the Reservations person insisted that it was impossible...
Unless it was because I originally booked it online and then called to add and you booked the whole thing on the phone?
perhaps you should not tell them that you are gifting the certificate, just that there is a second party that will be there before you arrive so you want to add their name to the reservation

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6785 on: February 08, 2021, 01:11:59 AM »
Call Marriott to book and add the second guest to the reservation when speaking with the agent to book. The name should show up on the email (sometimes not the first one, but the second one they send out later). Shouldn't be an issue checking in as far as I know.
I will update with this info tomorrow but looks like it should be fine.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6786 on: February 08, 2021, 03:23:14 PM »
looking to buy

There are no cat 8 certificates and you can't ___________ here which is probably why your previous posts were removed.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6787 on: February 08, 2021, 08:00:23 PM »
in addition to a lack of price

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« Reply #6788 on: February 08, 2021, 10:13:55 PM »
Please post back here to let us know that the check in worked out. Thanks!
I will update with this info tomorrow but looks like it should be fine.
Check-in went without a hitch.

Thank you @yelped for going above and beyond and graciously accommodating a last second change/cancellation due to the storm.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6789 on: February 08, 2021, 10:23:55 PM »
selling 1 Marriott Free Night Cert, up to 35k points.

Asking $105.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6790 on: February 08, 2021, 10:32:47 PM »
Check-in went without a hitch.

Thank you @yelped for going above and beyond and graciously accommodating a last second change/cancellation due to the storm.
Awesome! Pleased to hear it went well.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6791 on: February 09, 2021, 04:43:54 AM »
Selling 3 50k nights from gold account, $700 for all obo.
Bump $675.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6792 on: February 09, 2021, 04:50:13 AM »
Selling 2 35k nights from separate  gold accounts $100 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6793 on: February 09, 2021, 05:54:48 AM »
selling 3 Marriott 35K cert  for 100$ each ( exp 8/1/21), (exp 8/1/21) and (exp  2/1/22) respectively

all from the same Gold account.

Also available 7 night package from the same Gold account  for cat 1-4 for 500$ exp -  8/1/21

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6794 on: February 09, 2021, 01:21:11 PM »
Selling 7 x 50K Marriot certificates from one gold account @ $230 each, $1,500 if you take all. Expires: 08/01/2021
4 still available

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6795 on: February 09, 2021, 11:46:53 PM »
Buying 2 platinum or higher status 50k certs. $225 each obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6796 on: February 10, 2021, 11:07:30 AM »
1 35k night platinum account $125 expires 2/2022

2 35k nights gold account $110 each expires 8/2021

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6797 on: February 10, 2021, 01:27:53 PM »
2 35k nights from same silver elite account $100 each expires 8/2021

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6798 on: February 10, 2021, 02:01:19 PM »
also 2 35k nights same gold account expires 8/21 and 1/22 $115 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6799 on: February 10, 2021, 03:44:13 PM »
selling 4x MAR BV AX Business FNA up to 35k pts
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