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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 #13660 on: July 31, 2024, 07:45:38 PM »
buying 4*35k certs need 25k top up 600$ obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13661 on: August 01, 2024, 05:25:13 AM »
selling 35k for $130 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13662 on: August 01, 2024, 02:02:33 PM »
Update:
Selling 1x 85k cert - Platinum Elite Account: $325 OBO
Expires: Jun 02, 2025

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13663 on: August 01, 2024, 02:06:42 PM »
Buying one cert w/ short expiration, stay is check-in Aug 5th.
Need 35k + 2k top-off (37k total) for $130, no status needed.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13664 on: August 01, 2024, 09:54:27 PM »
Buying one cert w/ short expiration, stay is check-in Aug 5th.
Need 35k + 2k top-off (37k total) for $130, no status needed.

 One 35k cert for $120 +2000 points for $20  marks $140

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13665 on: August 01, 2024, 11:15:33 PM »
Buying 1 SUA FOR $60.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13666 on: August 02, 2024, 08:25:01 AM »
Selling 2x35k cert from same gold account @280
Selling 3x$1000 Marriott giftcards@88%

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13667 on: August 03, 2024, 07:31:46 AM »
Selling 85K cert from Gold account expires 08/15/2024 $360.  Thanks

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13668 on: August 03, 2024, 10:09:09 AM »
Selling 2 35k FNC for $120 obo. One expiring Aug 5, another Aug 7. Titanium Elite.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
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selling 5x50k in the same account (no status) asking 220 each and 200 each for package sale

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13670 on: August 04, 2024, 01:13:08 PM »
2x50k expiring on 8/17/2024  asking $195 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13671 on: August 04, 2024, 02:35:12 PM »
35k cert for $95 obo. Titanium

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13672 on: August 04, 2024, 09:24:18 PM »
Buying (4) MT 50k cert same account . Short expire. $180 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13673 on: August 05, 2024, 02:15:03 AM »
Buying 3 x 50K certificates for 08/18-08/20 for $200 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13674 on: August 05, 2024, 01:06:13 PM »
selling two Marriott 85 k certs from titanium. 800 for both. . established members only and no brokers

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13675 on: August 05, 2024, 01:24:50 PM »
Selling Two 35k FNA - $130 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13676 on: August 05, 2024, 06:06:53 PM »
1 85K cert gold account $325

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13677 on: August 06, 2024, 04:17:56 AM »
selling 5x50k in the platinum( 8/31/24 expiration ) $250 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13678 on: August 06, 2024, 08:07:44 PM »
Selling a 35K that expires 7/2/2025 for $150. Can be topped off up to 10K at .75

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13679 on: August 06, 2024, 10:13:24 PM »
selling 1x85k  8/9/2024 expire  asking $250. firm. do not waste time negotiating