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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 #7640 on: September 01, 2021, 12:43:22 PM »
Platinum Elite Status

3 nights - Exp - 01/03/2022 - up to 35k pts - $150 each (sold 1, 3 left)

1 night - Exp - 01/03/2022 - up to 50k pts - $250


I will apply a Suite night award for each night where it can be cleared by the hotel.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7641 on: September 01, 2021, 02:28:32 PM »
Selling 2 50k nights. Gold account. $475 for both OBO

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7642 on: September 01, 2021, 02:47:28 PM »
Now 210 a night or 410 both nights

bump

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7643 on: September 01, 2021, 05:16:54 PM »
Selling;
2x 35k @ $140 ea. Platinum Elite Account
2x 50k @ $250 ea. Platinum Elite Account

3x 35k @ $120 ea. Gold Account
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7644 on: September 01, 2021, 05:59:11 PM »
Question:
(not actually selling, booking for myself)

I'm trying to book 2 rooms for 1 night (multiple kids KAH) using 2 certificates on my account
any reason that should be a problem? 2 reservations on same name?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7645 on: September 01, 2021, 10:12:37 PM »
why cant you do in one reservation?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7646 on: September 01, 2021, 10:15:01 PM »
why cant you do in one reservation?
can't use 2 certs on one reservation, or use a cert on a reservation if more than 1 room

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7647 on: September 02, 2021, 11:30:05 AM »
Question:
(not actually selling, booking for myself)

I'm trying to book 2 rooms for 1 night (multiple kids KAH) using 2 certificates on my account
any reason that should be a problem? 2 reservations on same name?
there is nothing wrong with using your own points for yourself, this is 100% Kosher

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7648 on: September 02, 2021, 11:36:20 AM »
can't use 2 certs on one reservation, or use a cert on a reservation if more than 1 room
This happened to me last week.  I booked one room by calling Marriott Directly using the cert and 2 minutes later booked the second room using the cert myself.  No issues whatsoever. 

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7649 on: September 02, 2021, 11:39:50 AM »
Less than 30 away, I had the phone rep book both Inc the same call.
By the 2nd he started hesitating, something about front desk deciding to cancel one

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7650 on: September 02, 2021, 02:51:02 PM »
Thank you @Danlover111  and @mordchai for a smooth transaction!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7651 on: September 04, 2021, 05:49:23 PM »
buying 1 35k cert. pm offer. ty

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7652 on: September 04, 2021, 10:05:08 PM »
Selling 6X 35K points certificates Gold  $120 each
3x in one account 3x in another account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7653 on: September 05, 2021, 11:15:37 PM »
Buying seven night cat 6 or cat 7. PM me thanks

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7654 on: September 06, 2021, 08:52:48 PM »
Gold Elite Account. 2 x 50K certs available. $225/night.  Expires 01/03/22. PM if interested, thanks!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7655 on: September 07, 2021, 10:04:12 AM »
Selling 2x50k night for 200 each gold status. 2 separate accounts.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7656 on: September 07, 2021, 10:58:04 AM »
7 night Category 5 Certificate (expires 1/3/22)  $900
Gold Elite account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7657 on: September 07, 2021, 02:35:43 PM »
@atsdump can you PM me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7658 on: September 07, 2021, 04:16:38 PM »
I have 3 certs to sell.

1 x 50k from gold $200
2 x 35k from silver $120 each or $230 both

all expires 1/3/2022

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #7659 on: September 07, 2021, 09:34:03 PM »
Do we need to pay resort fee while using 7-night certificagtes or it's all included if hotel has resort fee?