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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 #14000 on: October 07, 2024, 12:10:15 PM »
Selling 35k cert
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14001 on: October 07, 2024, 12:18:50 PM »
Looking to purchase 50k cert with short expiry
Need it for this week
$150 obo

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14002 on: October 07, 2024, 01:46:59 PM »
Selling 35k award night gold account expires 11/4/24 $125

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14003 on: October 07, 2024, 03:12:29 PM »
Selling 4x 50K cert for @ $230/ea OBO. Expiration 11/03/24. Platinum account. Top up possible.
1 - $230
2 - $440
3 - $660
4 - $880

Two sold. Last two remaining, willing to give at $215. Can top off at .75cpp if needed.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14004 on: October 07, 2024, 04:43:23 PM »
Selling 35k certificate from gold account for 125 pm me

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14005 on: October 07, 2024, 08:10:19 PM »
Buying 2 85K nights $300 each OBO (preferably same account). Also looking to top off points

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14006 on: October 07, 2024, 11:34:25 PM »
Buying 85k cert for tommorow $300 booked

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14007 on: October 08, 2024, 12:47:21 AM »
selling 2x85k asking $380 each

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14008 on: October 08, 2024, 04:14:42 PM »
Selling 85k cert expiring 10/25. $300 - Prefer US due to issues internationally

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14009 on: October 08, 2024, 06:49:46 PM »
Selling 5 X 50k nights 215 each top off available at .75

Expire next July 2025
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14010 on: October 09, 2024, 11:07:49 AM »
Looking to make the following quick trade:

HAVE: 1 40k IHG night from a platinum account expiring Febryary 2025, which can be topped up by 15k points (for extra charge).
WANT: 1 35k Marriott night expiring no earlier than 10/15. Any status.

Please pm me if intersted.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14011 on: October 09, 2024, 04:52:15 PM »
Selling 35k cert from Gold account. Expires 11/4.
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14012 on: October 09, 2024, 06:58:58 PM »
Selling 1 50k cert for $250 obo, from a lifetime titanium account. (Expires end of December)

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14013 on: October 09, 2024, 07:29:20 PM »
Selling 1× 85 FNC Titanium  exp 11/4/24
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14014 on: October 09, 2024, 09:03:29 PM »
Selling 2x 50k nights expiring November 3, 2024
Can top off at .75
Price $215 x night or $420 for both nights
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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14015 on: October 10, 2024, 12:58:43 AM »
Looking for 50k or 85k cert for this Friday 10/11

Need total of 64k for the stay
I have 10k points. Itll be great if I can transfer points and pay 4k to top off
Please pm offer

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14016 on: October 10, 2024, 09:25:06 AM »
Selling 35k award night expires 11/4/24 & 2/08/25 for $125 each can buy only one.
Can top off 15k points

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14017 on: October 10, 2024, 11:18:49 AM »
Sold a free night, I see after checkout my card was charged a random amount. Anyone ever have this.

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14018 on: October 10, 2024, 12:32:47 PM »
3x50k  $180 each  10/14 expire. firm!

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Re: Marriott Certs Sale
« Reply #14019 on: October 10, 2024, 05:12:14 PM »
4x50k
$170/night
exp 10/18/24
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