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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 #7180 on: June 07, 2021, 03:08:19 PM »
For Sale!
Gold Elite
Free Night 50k
Exp. 8/4/2021
$190

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7181 on: June 07, 2021, 04:02:10 PM »
Selling 2 35K certs
110 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7182 on: June 07, 2021, 05:39:14 PM »
Selling Marriott 50K certs:
- 2x certs from Plat account: 250 each
- 2x certs from Gold account: 225 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7183 on: June 08, 2021, 04:38:06 AM »
Selling 7 night Cat 1 - 4 @ $500 exp 03/01/22

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7184 on: June 08, 2021, 02:11:25 PM »
Looking to buy 35k night at 100 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7185 on: June 08, 2021, 03:02:23 PM »
2 35k nights Platinum
125 each
240 for both

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7186 on: June 08, 2021, 10:30:21 PM »
looking for 3 cat 6 7 night certificates -- too risky to book at one hotel at the same time?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7187 on: June 09, 2021, 07:54:50 PM »
Selling four 35k certificates. $125 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7188 on: June 09, 2021, 08:08:26 PM »
Looking to buy 7 night category 7 (assuming there is such a thing?)

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« Reply #7189 on: June 09, 2021, 09:11:58 PM »
 2 Gold Elite
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2 Gold Elite
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7191 on: June 09, 2021, 10:21:02 PM »
Anyone selling 5 or 7 night Marriott certificates that work on a Category 5?

I’m trying to help my mom go to a friends reunion in Mexico to celebrate the life a lost friend due to Covid. Now that all are vaccinated, they’ll  be staying at the Marriott so a travel certificate seems the way to go.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7192 on: June 10, 2021, 01:06:24 PM »
Selling 2 X Free night 35K certs (gold account) $110 each OBO
Or two both $200

Expires 01/03/2022

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7193 on: June 10, 2021, 01:41:08 PM »
Looking to buy 8-10 35k certificates from one account.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7194 on: June 10, 2021, 01:50:00 PM »
selling 3 cert 35k gold for 100 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7195 on: June 10, 2021, 02:30:49 PM »
Selling 2 X Free night 35K certs (silver account) $100 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7196 on: June 11, 2021, 03:21:40 PM »
Looking for 7 night Cat 1 - 4 @ $450

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7197 on: June 11, 2021, 03:24:08 PM »
Looking for 7 night category 8 $2000.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7198 on: June 11, 2021, 03:50:28 PM »
Selling:
1 35k night  Gold Account @ $125

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7199 on: June 11, 2021, 10:33:13 PM »
Looking for marriot category 8 cert