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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 #6900 on: March 19, 2021, 03:31:08 PM »
Looking for 3 x 5 night cat 6 certs @800 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6901 on: March 19, 2021, 04:12:50 PM »
Selling two 35K free night certificates at $120 each
Selling two 50K free night certificates at $195 each

All from Marriott Gold account
35K nights were sold.

Still have two 50K nights at $195 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6902 on: March 20, 2021, 11:30:49 PM »
Selling 3 50k nights from gold account for $650.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6903 on: March 21, 2021, 12:13:11 AM »
Selling 3 35k certs from same platinum elite account
350$
The day is short but the work aplenty

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6904 on: March 21, 2021, 12:02:07 PM »
Marriott Anniversary Free Nights for sale, from Gold Accounts:

1 night - Exp - 08/01/2021 - up to 35k pts - $100 obo
1 night - Exp - 08/01/2021 - up to 50k pts - $190 obo

Bump. Still available.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6905 on: March 21, 2021, 12:30:21 PM »
Have one 25K certificate available for $110

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6906 on: March 21, 2021, 06:54:07 PM »
Marriott Free Nights for sale, from Gold Account:

1 night - Exp - 08/01/2021 - up to 35k pts - $100 obo
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2 nights - Exp - 08/01/2021 - up to 35k pts - $195 obo
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3 nights - Exp - 08/01/2021 - up to 35k pts - $285 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6907 on: March 23, 2021, 10:34:02 PM »
Selling 7night cat 1-4 - $600
Selling 7night Cat8 - $3300

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6908 on: March 24, 2021, 12:03:41 AM »
Selling
7 night Cat 1-4 - $500
7 night Cat5 - $900
7 night Cat 6 - $1200
35K free night certificates at $110 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6909 on: March 24, 2021, 10:18:00 AM »
*FREE*
SNA for paid bookings of 2-5 nights
Also have, Ritz Club Level Upgrades for paid nights

Platinum Elite Account.
Thank you
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6911 on: March 24, 2021, 11:18:07 AM »
Always praying for delayed baggage.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6912 on: March 24, 2021, 01:58:02 PM »
Selling Account #1 Gold Elite
        EXP 8/1/2021 35K $115   
   EXP 8/1/2021 35K $115   
   EXP 12/2/2021 50K $200
    EXP 3/1/2022  25K $90
    EXP 3/4/2022 35K $115


Selling Account #2 Gold Elite
      EXP 11/2/2021 50K $200

OBO ON ALL

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6913 on: March 24, 2021, 11:58:42 PM »
Looking to buy a 5-night category 6 cert for $1,000 OBO, or
a 7-night category 6 cert for $1200 OBO

Can’t expire before November.


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6914 on: March 25, 2021, 01:08:45 AM »
Looking for 1 or 2 50k nights, looking to book for this weekend.  Can pay $180 for each.  Let me know, TiA!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6915 on: March 25, 2021, 07:31:58 AM »
Selling 1 X 35k cert @ $125, silver account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6916 on: March 25, 2021, 01:16:00 PM »
2 x 35k cert exp 8/1/21 (same titanium account)
$140 each / $270 both

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6917 on: March 30, 2021, 12:48:16 AM »
Selling 3 x 35k night certs @ $130 each OBO from same Platinum Elite account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6918 on: March 30, 2021, 02:45:48 AM »
Selling 4 marriot certs 35k @110 same account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #6919 on: March 30, 2021, 02:15:04 PM »
Buying 20k for 75 booking for tnight pm asap