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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 #13800 on: August 26, 2024, 05:12:50 PM »
Selling 5x 50K FNC from Gold account, exp 7/25, $225 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13801 on: August 26, 2024, 05:20:41 PM »
Selling 2 35k FNA certs from separate accounts for $100 each. Expiring 9/1

Sold.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13802 on: August 26, 2024, 06:31:16 PM »
Selling 2 x35k certificates expires in 12/20/2024 from different gold accounts for $140 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13803 on: August 26, 2024, 08:37:48 PM »
Selling 85k short expiry 300 obo. Till 09/11/24

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13804 on: August 26, 2024, 11:19:10 PM »
Need this   When is booking window.  Also what account level is it booking from’’’’

Text me.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13805 on: August 27, 2024, 02:21:06 AM »
Titanium Elite Status
1x 85k night (Exp Nov 4, 2024) - $300

Platinum Elite Status
1x 85k night (Exp Dec 5, 2024) - $300

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13806 on: August 27, 2024, 06:16:59 AM »
Selling 5x Marriott 85k (All from my Titanium account). exp dates are 10/23, 10/31, 11/4, 11/7, 11/17. $400 each, or all 5 for $1,850. You will provide a credit card for the reservation. Can top off at 0.75cpp, do you research for availability of standard rooms.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13807 on: August 27, 2024, 07:13:21 AM »
Buying 1 50k certificate can be expiring soon pm me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13808 on: August 27, 2024, 08:31:39 AM »
Selling 40k cert. titanium. $175

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13809 on: August 27, 2024, 11:00:41 AM »
5 50k nights silver 220 each top off available

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13810 on: August 27, 2024, 12:41:55 PM »
Buying a 35K Cert for $100

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13811 on: August 27, 2024, 04:38:53 PM »
2 35k cert gold account both for 255
1 for 135

Established accounts only

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13812 on: August 28, 2024, 11:46:33 AM »
do 25K certs still exist? and if yes anyone selling?
as alterative, looking to buy 1 35K night at 100$ - short exp works

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13813 on: August 28, 2024, 05:07:04 PM »
Buying 4 85K Certs for one booking. Looking for titanium or platinum

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13814 on: August 28, 2024, 05:47:26 PM »
5X50K certificates available, Silver status, 7/2025 expiration. $220 each or $1K for all 5. Up to 9K top up at 0.7.
3 left at $220 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13815 on: August 28, 2024, 08:26:16 PM »
Selling 40k cert. titanium. $175

Is this still available? Please PM me.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13816 on: August 28, 2024, 09:36:23 PM »
Offering 2 85k certificates from the same Titanium account. One expires on 3/7/25 and another one on 3/15/2025. Asking for $925 for both. Please PM.

Bump, $900 for both.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13817 on: August 28, 2024, 10:19:57 PM »
wtb 1 35k cert at $100 for use next week

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13818 on: August 29, 2024, 01:18:50 AM »
Selling 1, 35k cert expires June 2025. $130

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13819 on: August 29, 2024, 02:22:36 AM »
selling
4x 50k 2 left in the platinum $240 each

5x 50k in silver or gold $200 each