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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 #11200 on: June 06, 2023, 09:29:56 AM »
Selling from Platinum Elite Account
1 50k certificate $250. Exp Sep 1st 2023.
1 85k certificate $475 Exp May 2024.
Still available.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11201 on: June 06, 2023, 09:51:30 AM »
Looking to buy one 35K night @ $135 OBO.
Wiling to pay $150.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11202 on: June 06, 2023, 04:34:26 PM »
Selling 5x 50k Certificates expiring 07/20 for $225 each - Gold Elite account

Pm me if interested

Willing to sell for $1050 if buying all 5 nights at once.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11203 on: June 06, 2023, 05:17:23 PM »
Selling:

 1 50k for $210.

{can add up to 15k points. @.70}

Exp. 07/03/2023

Please PM

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11204 on: June 06, 2023, 05:58:19 PM »
Selling 1 * 50k Certificate for $230

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11205 on: June 07, 2023, 01:52:51 PM »
Selling 5* 50k certs for 240 a night. Gold elite

230 per night for min 2 night stay

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11206 on: June 08, 2023, 07:20:13 AM »
Buy two 50k certs from the same platinum or above account with expiration May 2024. Pay $500
And also need two suite upgrade certs apply on these two nights. If success, extra pay $40 after confirmation.


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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11207 on: June 08, 2023, 09:37:01 AM »
Looking to buy a 35k cert with 6k top off for this Sunday night already (June 11th) - Text @ 5167175260

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11208 on: June 09, 2023, 12:17:50 AM »
Selling 5* 50k certs for 240 a night. Gold elite

230 per night for minimum of 2 nights and giving away amex offer 120 for a spend on 300$

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Get a one-time $120 statement credit by using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $300 USD in one or more purchases on room rate and room charges at participating Marriott Bonvoy® properties in the U.S. and U.S. territories, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean from 5/19/2023 to 7/31/2023. See terms.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11209 on: June 09, 2023, 08:22:08 AM »
Selling 1 85k certificate @$500

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11210 on: June 09, 2023, 09:08:19 AM »
Wiling to pay $150.
Thanks for a smooth transaction
I have another 35K for $150 (Gold)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11211 on: June 09, 2023, 11:26:04 AM »
selling 1 85K certs at $375

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11212 on: June 09, 2023, 02:49:20 PM »
Looking to buy a 35k certificate for June 20th. $135 OBO. Please text 4145737627 if you have

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11213 on: June 09, 2023, 06:09:37 PM »
Looking for 4 35k certificates 2 accounts 2sets of two paying $140 each cert

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11214 on: June 09, 2023, 10:38:04 PM »
Looking for 3 35K certificates with 15K  Marriott points top up.

or 3 50K Certificates.

$550 or obo

June 13 - 16 reservation.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11215 on: June 11, 2023, 12:02:12 PM »
5 x 50k certificates exp. Oct. 2023 - $225 each
they are available again

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11216 on: June 11, 2023, 02:42:59 PM »
Looking to buy either
3x50K
3x35K with top off of 7K points per night
for stay starting on Jun 17th.  Please PM.  Short expiry certs ok. Prefer Platinum and above.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11217 on: June 12, 2023, 12:23:00 AM »
looking to buy 2-35k

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11218 on: June 12, 2023, 12:58:31 AM »
Looking for (2) 35k nights
with 6k top 1st night, 7k top 2nd night (total 83k points)
booking July 7-9
350obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #11219 on: June 12, 2023, 10:49:45 AM »
looking to buy 2 35K certs from same account 115$ obo- short exp works