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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 #13840 on: September 01, 2024, 08:10:05 PM »
Buying 35k cert at $125 booked with calling hotel to add second guest.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13841 on: September 01, 2024, 08:17:20 PM »
now 1 night.
same details
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« Reply #13842 on: September 01, 2024, 08:46:52 PM »
done, great transactions with @maxiao82126 and @Yoksel
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13843 on: September 01, 2024, 08:58:16 PM »
selling 5 50k nights 215 each top off available silver

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13844 on: September 02, 2024, 01:09:01 AM »
selling one 35k fnc exp 10/2 $135. top up available

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13845 on: September 02, 2024, 10:49:56 AM »
Selling from Gold acct:
1x 35k - exp 9/2/25 - $150
5x 50k - exp 7/9/25 - $225 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13846 on: September 02, 2024, 11:25:25 AM »
Selling 3 50K certs. Expiration 10/20/24. Platinum account. $225 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13847 on: September 02, 2024, 06:41:47 PM »
looking for 3 certs (35k) to use in next 8 days.
any status.
paying $105usd/night obo. ideally same account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13848 on: September 02, 2024, 09:38:50 PM »
Selling 1 35k night
-Gold account
-Can top up with my points or yours
-Long expiry
$140
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13849 on: September 03, 2024, 10:06:31 AM »
Selling 2x35k cert from same gold account @280

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13850 on: September 03, 2024, 02:19:26 PM »
Great transaction with @Pickles , I’m new to this so I didn’t really know how it works  he explained me everything and was super pleasant to deal with. Also got a great upgrade!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13851 on: September 04, 2024, 12:37:23 AM »
Selling 2 x35k certificates expires in 12/20/2024 from different gold accounts for $135 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13852 on: September 04, 2024, 12:54:48 AM »
selling one 35k fnc exp 08/25/2025 $145. top up available. DM me.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13853 on: September 04, 2024, 03:48:07 AM »
2 x 50k certificates for sale, gold account.

Expiring September 26th.

$200 each, can top off for 0.7

Established accounts only.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13854 on: September 04, 2024, 07:22:14 AM »
Buying 2x 35k or 1 85k can be short expiration

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13855 on: September 04, 2024, 08:43:35 AM »
Selling 35k cert @130 - expires October 18th.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13856 on: September 04, 2024, 10:29:59 AM »
Selling 2 35k certs from same account. $135 each.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13857 on: September 04, 2024, 05:18:25 PM »
Selling 1 85k fnc. asking $365. Exp 10/30/24

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13858 on: September 04, 2024, 06:17:09 PM »
Selling 1 50k cert for $250 from a lifetime titanium account.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13859 on: September 04, 2024, 10:02:36 PM »
Selling 1x 35k cert marriot gold account exp. March 2025 $160 OBO
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