Points redposit after use of e-cert?
 

I will get a one night category 1-5 cert with my marriott visa when I hit my anniversary date in a few months. I'd like to make a reservation now, though, to ensure availability, but don't want to use points. Suppose I make a rewards reservation now at a cat 5 for December? Once I get the visa cert desposited to my account, can I change the reservation over to the cert and have the 25k points redeposited to my account?

yep, I just did it a few weeks ago.

Excellent -- thanks!

Just make the res by phone and tell them you will use a cert that will be available later. Then when the cert is in your account, call back and have it linked to the res. I just did exactly that for a res next April around the holidays. I expect to have the cert before New Year's and will have it applied then. No points were take out of my account.

ditto here. no issues by calling cs. my reservation was 2 nts using points and they changed one night from points to the cert.