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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 #13780 on: August 23, 2024, 04:35:32 PM »
Buying 35k cert for tonight. $100 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13781 on: August 24, 2024, 12:57:53 PM »
Selling: 1 x 35k certificate for $140, can top up for additional agreed rate. Expiry November 4, 2024.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13782 on: August 25, 2024, 01:19:23 AM »
1 sold, 1 certificate remaining. I can also top off 5-10k points.

Both sold.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13783 on: August 25, 2024, 01:24:30 AM »
Sold.

Selling: 1 x 35k certificate for $140, can top up for additional agreed rate. Expiry November 4, 2024.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13784 on: August 25, 2024, 02:55:16 AM »
5X50K certificates available, Silver status, 7/2025 expiration. $220 each or $1K for all 5. Up to 9K top up at 0.7.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13785 on: August 25, 2024, 09:03:32 AM »
Selling a Marriott 85k certificate, from a Platinum Elite account, for $350. Expiry 8 Dec 2025.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13786 on: August 25, 2024, 11:08:13 AM »
Buying 2-3 50k for next week $200 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13787 on: August 25, 2024, 12:06:24 PM »
Looking for titanium account to book Marriott hotel 2 rooms x 2 nights .. Or buying cert 38K X 2 ( 2 rooms 2 nights)
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13788 on: August 25, 2024, 05:23:23 PM »
Selling: 1 x 38k from Gold account. exp. 6/24/25 - $350
5 x 50k exp. 5/25 - $240 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13789 on: August 25, 2024, 07:06:59 PM »
Buying 2-3 35k certs, check in next week.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13790 on: August 25, 2024, 08:14:03 PM »
Buying 2x 35k FNC 120 each. Stay tomorrow

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13791 on: August 25, 2024, 09:50:46 PM »
Buying 2-3 35k FNC. Paying $135 each. At least Sept 2 expiration.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13792 on: August 25, 2024, 10:26:21 PM »
2x85k $350 each
4x35k $140 each
1x35k $140

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13793 on: August 25, 2024, 10:56:49 PM »
Buying 35k with 6k top off for $175 total

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13794 on: August 25, 2024, 10:57:50 PM »
Buying 25k mt cert @$100

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13795 on: August 26, 2024, 04:22:14 AM »
Buying short exp 85k stay tomorrow-250

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13796 on: August 26, 2024, 10:28:54 AM »
Selling 2 35k FNA certs from separate accounts for $100 each. Expiring 9/1
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13797 on: August 26, 2024, 04:27:41 PM »
buying 2-3 35k certs for stays this week
please pm soon!!
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13798 on: August 26, 2024, 05:09:03 PM »
Need a 35k cert + 2k topoff for tonight $110

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13799 on: August 26, 2024, 05:12:50 PM »
Selling 5x 50K FNC from Gold account, exp 7/25, $225 each