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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 #7080 on: May 01, 2021, 11:19:49 PM »
Are there any single night certs that work for a 70k night hotel?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7081 on: May 02, 2021, 01:16:27 AM »
Buying Marriott Gift Cards @ .85obo

Looking for several thousand but smaller quantities are fine.
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=97537.msg2434619#msg2434619

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7082 on: May 02, 2021, 11:54:26 AM »
Selling 4x 35k certificates $480 for all 4 -platinum elite

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7083 on: May 02, 2021, 08:55:19 PM »
Selling 1 or 2 35k Point Certificates $90 Gold Account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7084 on: May 02, 2021, 10:32:33 PM »
2 35k nights Platinum
125 each
240 for both
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7085 on: May 02, 2021, 11:49:59 PM »
Selling 50K cert @ $225. Gold account. Expires: 08/01/2021

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7086 on: May 03, 2021, 01:21:47 PM »
Selling one 35k night certificate for $85
Account is silver elite
Expires 8/1/21

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7087 on: May 03, 2021, 09:38:45 PM »
1 35k free night available. Exp 11/02/21. Silver elite. $85

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7088 on: May 03, 2021, 11:03:40 PM »
Hi all! haven't been back here since 2019... and kind of confused on how to book since I don't think I can use the old 5/7 night cert. is there still a 30 days advance booking requirement?

I'm looking to book two rooms at a cat 6, that would cost 480k points total for 4 nights; 5/27-5/31. (60k/night/room)

If that's the case, how should I go about booking this trip? I see most people are posting nightly cert with a point value, can those be combined to book a 4-night consecutive stay?

I can book the 2 rooms for $2,000, would I be saving money by buying certs off of here? I see someone selling 50k cert for $220, so for 4 night x 2 x $220 = $1760., I don't even see any 60k cert for sale... and don't know what the going rate is.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7089 on: May 03, 2021, 11:05:25 PM »
Hi all! haven't been back here since 2019... and kind of confused on how to book since I don't think I can use the old 5/7 night cert. is there still a 30 days advance booking requirement?

I'm looking to book two rooms at a cat 6, that would cost 480k points total for 4 nights; 5/27-5/31. (60k/night/room)

If that's the case, how should I go about booking this trip? I see most people are posting nightly cert with a point value, can those be combined to book a 4-night consecutive stay?

I can book the 2 rooms for $2,000, would I be saving money by buying certs off of here? I see someone selling 50k cert for $220, so for 4 night x 2 x $220 = $1760., I don't even see any 60k cert for sale... and don't know what the going rate is.

THANKS!
If the cash rate is 2K then no certs or points will beat that. Enjoy!
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7090 on: May 03, 2021, 11:26:20 PM »
Selling 4x 35k certificates $480 for all 4 -platinum elite

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7091 on: May 04, 2021, 12:51:30 AM »
If the cash rate is 2K then no certs or points will beat that. Enjoy!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7092 on: May 04, 2021, 05:07:49 PM »
Selling two 35K night free certificates from Silver account for $100 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7093 on: May 04, 2021, 07:32:30 PM »
Selling a 35K Certificate from silver elite account for $120
PM me. Thanks

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7094 on: May 04, 2021, 11:01:01 PM »
4x35K free nights from one Gold account (exp. 1/3/22, 1/3/22, 1/3/22,5/3/22)
2x35K free night from Silver account (exp. 1/3/22,5/3/22)

$125 each or $650 for all 6
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7095 on: May 05, 2021, 12:50:37 AM »
Selling
1-50K free night
Pride is $200

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7096 on: May 05, 2021, 02:49:07 AM »
Selling 4 35k from same gold account for $450 OBO
1 35k for $110
2 50k from same account for $450 OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7097 on: May 05, 2021, 11:54:09 AM »
Selling Marriott - Gold Account
50K Night - Exp 8/1 - $200

25k Night - Exp 8/1 - $75
25k Night - Exp 8/10- $75

35k Night - Exp 8/1 - $100

35k Night - Exp 10/2 - $100

All are in ONE account.


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7098 on: May 05, 2021, 12:41:30 PM »
Selling 3 x 7 night Cat6 certs $1,500 each. $1,400 if you take all three.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7099 on: May 05, 2021, 02:57:44 PM »
Selling 1 x 35k for $140, titianium account