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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 #13860 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 #13861 on: September 04, 2024, 10:02:36 PM »
Selling 1x 35k cert marriot gold account exp. March 2025 $160 OBO
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13862 on: September 05, 2024, 04:09:47 AM »
Looking for 1x 35K cert + 4K top up or 1x 40K cert. Short expiry is OK. $150 obo.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13863 on: September 05, 2024, 12:47:46 PM »
Selling 1 85k Cert 10/02/24 expiration Gold elite $300
Selling 1 35k Cert 10/02/24 expiration $110 obo
Selling 1 85k Cert 06/05/25 expiration Gold elite $370

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13864 on: September 05, 2024, 12:54:12 PM »
Selling 1 85k fnc. asking $365. Exp 10/30/24

$300 anyone?

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13865 on: September 05, 2024, 04:21:09 PM »
1x 85k FNC left, exp. 11/17. $375, Titanium acct

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13866 on: September 05, 2024, 04:47:15 PM »
[Want] Looking for 1 35K FNC (or 19.5k points to be exact).
[Have] $100 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13867 on: September 05, 2024, 05:13:30 PM »
Selling 1 85k Cert 10/02/24 expiration Gold elite $300
Selling 1 35k Cert 10/02/24 expiration $110 obo
Selling 1 85k Cert 06/05/25 expiration Gold elite $370

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13868 on: September 05, 2024, 05:22:35 PM »
Looking for: 1x 35K cert + 4K top up (39K)
1x 40K cert is OK as well. Short expiry is OK.

Offer: $150 obo.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13869 on: September 05, 2024, 11:17:50 PM »
Selling 3 50K Certs. silver elite Exp Aug 2025. In one account. 215 each.
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Selling 2- 50K cert silver elite Exp May 2025. In one account. 215 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13870 on: September 06, 2024, 03:09:25 AM »
buying 2 or 3 35K FNCs from the same account, next week's stay. $130 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13871 on: September 06, 2024, 10:15:21 AM »
Selling
5x50 k   at $190 each  expiring in Otc. 2024 silver or gold account. firm

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13872 on: September 06, 2024, 08:50:02 PM »
Selling 85K cert from Platinum Elite Account
expires Dec 08, 2024
$360. 
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13873 on: September 07, 2024, 02:56:20 AM »
Looking for 2x 85K certs. Preferably from the same account. Preference to Titanium status. Short expiry is OK
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13874 on: September 07, 2024, 05:34:50 AM »
Selling 35k cert at USD $120 - expires September 18th, 2024.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13875 on: September 07, 2024, 01:18:47 PM »
85k cert from Titanium account 10/02/24 expiration $300

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13876 on: September 07, 2024, 04:43:47 PM »
Selling 5 50k nights 220 each top off available at .75

Selling 1 85K night $350

Selling 2 85K nights $400 same account

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13877 on: September 08, 2024, 02:58:34 AM »
Selling 2x35k cert from same gold account @280
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #13878 on: September 08, 2024, 05:33:14 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 #13879 on: September 08, 2024, 09:09:36 AM »
Selling 3 50K certs. Expiration 10/20/24. Platinum account. $225 each. Top up possible.