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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 #7200 on: June 12, 2021, 11:04:56 PM »
Looking for another category 1-4 7-night at $450 OBO. Please PM me if you have one. Thanks a bunch in advance.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7201 on: June 13, 2021, 08:37:13 AM »
Selling 2 50k night platinum account
$240 each
Pm me if interested

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7202 on: June 13, 2021, 06:35:19 PM »
Looking for 4 x cat4 7 nights @ $500 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7203 on: June 13, 2021, 07:25:14 PM »
2 35k nights Platinum
125 each
240 for both

Still open?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7204 on: June 13, 2021, 09:25:36 PM »
I would like to book in total four rooms.
two rooms at Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel from 9 - 12
Two rooms at Sheraton Niagara Falls From 7 - 8

If anyone with Ambassador status would like to make a reservations for me let me know.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7205 on: June 13, 2021, 09:30:00 PM »
Looking for Marriott Bonvoy Category 6 certificates. Please PM me with offers.


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7206 on: June 14, 2021, 05:17:17 AM »
Selling 3x 50K Marriott FNCs (exp Jan 2022), Titanium account, $250 each. Will not book outside of USA.

Also have 1x 35K FNC (same account), $150

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7207 on: June 14, 2021, 09:42:08 AM »
Looking for 1 or 2 category-4 7 nights @ $510 obo. Please PM (include status)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7208 on: June 14, 2021, 12:07:53 PM »
Looking for a Category 5, 7 night, certificate for use in November inside the US (not sure if that matters). Let me know if you have one and what your price would be!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7209 on: June 14, 2021, 03:56:37 PM »
Looking to buy two nights at the Ritz in herzlyia for August.

Thank you!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7210 on: June 14, 2021, 06:05:55 PM »
Selling FOUR 35k free nights from Titanium account - Selling $130 each or $500 for all four

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7211 on: June 14, 2021, 06:11:51 PM »
Selling 2 MT 50k Cert, same gold account, $450 for both

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7212 on: June 15, 2021, 12:32:16 AM »
Looking for 1-2 category 1-4 7-night at $510 .
Please ping me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7213 on: June 15, 2021, 10:39:40 AM »
Selling 1x 35k cert. Platinum account.

Asking $125 OBO.

Is this the right thread to sell suite night awards?
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7214 on: June 15, 2021, 10:50:58 AM »
selling 3 cert 35k gold for 100 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7215 on: June 15, 2021, 10:52:03 AM »
selling 2 cert 35k silver for 95 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7217 on: June 15, 2021, 11:38:17 AM »
Looking for two 35k nights platinum account or better for $240. Will be used this week.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7218 on: June 15, 2021, 12:52:21 PM »
Looking for 2X  category 1-4 7-night.
Platinum for $ 540
Below for $520

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7219 on: June 15, 2021, 12:54:10 PM »
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Need to add me as the primary name
AFAIK it can't be done - but I'd be happy to be proven wrong