Global List: Westin Hotels 35K Free Night Certificate Redemptions
35k Free Night Certificates can be earned through Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless and Amex Marriott Bonvoy Business Card that cost $95 and $125 in annual fee respectively. Despite how basic a 35K FNC looks, it’s still possible to redeem them at upscale Marriott brand like the Autograph Collection.
We now know that Marriott still secretly assign categories to their hotels, and with that information, we can infer the possibility of our Free Night Certificates, as we can top them up with up to 15,000 Marriott points. In case of 35k FNC’s, we could redeem a hotel that would charge 50,000 Marriott points at most.
Here’s the secret Marriott award chart:
| Category | Minimum/Night | Maximum/Night |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,000 | 18,000 |
| 2 | 10,000 | 28,000 |
| 3 | 15,000 | 36,500 |
| 4 | 22,000 | 55,000 |
| 5 | 35,000 | 76,000 |
| 6 | 40,000 | 88,000 |
| 7 | 50,000 | 109,000 |
| 8 | 52,000 | 140,000 |
| 9 | 80,000 | 158,000 |
| 9 (StR/RC Maldives) | 108,000 | 198,000 |
| 9 (JW Marriott Masai Mara) | 192,000 | 236,000 |
| RC Reserve Zadun/Nekajui/StR Red Sea (Cat 11) | 125,000 | 212,000 |
| RC Reserve Dorado Beach (Cat 12) | 163,000 | 254,000 |
| Nujuma, RC Reserve (Cat 12) | 187,500 | 327,500 |
| RC Masai Mara (Cat 14) | 294,000 | 361,500 |
| North Island Seychelles (Cat 17) [Marriott Exit on Jul 1, 2025] | 443,000 | 605,000 |
For context, I will add the set Category level for each Autograph Collection hotels listed below. In terms of 35k FNC redemption at Autograph Collection hotels, only Cat 4-6 are the ones you should look out for. Here’s what each Category means:
- Cat 4: Nearly guaranteed & may or may not need topup (100% guaranteed on 40k FNC’s plus topup)
- Cat 5: Good chances except during peak times; topup most likely required
- Cat 6: Topup required; must be very picky with dates and plan trip around hotel redemption. Sometimes impossible on resort properties.
While it could be possible to redeem them at Category 7 properties, I decided to include them on the 50K FNC redemption list for Westin Hotels instead for simplicity due to how challenging it already is to redeem 35K FNC at Category 6 properties.
For The Westin brand, there could be some hotels set at Category 2-3. Whether or not that’s worth redeeming a 35K FNC is up to you, but I recommend at least breaking even with the annual fee of either the Boundless or Business ($95 & $125 respectively).
Here’s a list of possible Westin locations around the world by countries:
Australia
- Westin Brisbane (Cat 4)
- Westin Perth (Cat 4)
- Westin Melbourne (Cat 5)
Bahrain
- Westin City Centre Bahrain (Cat 5)
Bangladesh
- Westin Dhaka (Cat 4)
Brazil
- Westin Porto de Galinhas, an All-Inclusive Resort (Cat 5)
Canada
- Westin Calgary (Cat 4)
- Westin Nova Scotian (Cat 4)
- Westin Toronto Airport (Cat 4)
- Westin Ottawa (Cat 5)
- Westin Wall Centre, Vancouver Airport (Cat 5)
- Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto (Cat 5)
- Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, Victoria (Cat 5)
- Westin Bayshore, Vancouver (Cat 6)
- Westin Trillium House, Blue Mountain (Cat 6)
- Westin Montreal (Cat 6)
China
- Westin Beijing Chaoyang (Cat 4)
- Westin Beijing Financial Street (Cat 4)
- Westin Chongqing Liberation Square (Cat 4)
- Westin Guangzhou (Cat 4)
- Westin Pazhou (Cat 4)
- Westin Shenzhen Nanshan (Cat 4)
- Westin Blue Bay Resort & Spa (Cat 4)
- Westin Qingdao (Cat 4)
- Westin Sanya Haitang Bay Resort (Cat 5)
- Westin Changbaishan Resort (Cat 5)
- Westin Bund Center, Shanghai (Cat 5)
- Westin Zhujiajian Resort, Zhoushan (Cat 5)
Dominican Republic
- Westin Puntacana Resort & Club (Cat 6)
Fiji
- Westin Fiji Golf Resort & Spa (Cat 5)
Germany
- Westin Grand Berlin (Cat 5)
- Westin Grand Frankfurt (Cat 5)
- Westin Grand Munich (Cat 5)
Greece
- Westin Resort, Costa Navarino (Cat 6)
Guam
- Westin Resort Guam (Cat 4)
India
- Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi (Cat 4)
- Westin Mumbai Garden City (Cat 4)
- Westin Pushkar Resort & Spa (Cat 4)
- Westin Sohna Resort & Spa (Cat 4)
- Westin Resort & Spa, Himalayas (Cat 4)
- Westin Goa (Cat 6)
Indonesia
- Westin Resort & Spa Ubud, Bali (Cat 4)
- Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali (Cat 5)
- Westin Nirup Island Resort & Spa (Cat 5)
Italy
- Westin Palace, Milan (Cat 6)
Japan
- Westin Sendai (Cat 5)
- Westin Yokohama (Cat 5)
- Westin Osaka (Cat 6)
- Westin Miyako Kyoto (Cat 6)
Jordan
- Westin Saraya Aqaba Resort & Spa (Cat 5)
Malaysia
- Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa (Cat 5)
Malta
- The Westin Dragonara Resort, Malta (Cat 5)
Mauritius
- Westin Turtle Bay Resort & Spa, Mauritius (Cat 6)
Mexico
- Westin Santa Fe, Mexico City (Cat 4)
- Westin Monterrey Valle (Cat 4)
- Westin Resort & Spa, Puerto Vallarta (Cat 5)
- Westin Cozumel (Cat 5)
- Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort Villas & Spa, Cancun (Cat 6)
Panama
- Westin Panama (Cat 4)
Peru
- Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center (Cat 5)
Philippines
- Westin Manila (Cat 5)
Poland
- Westin Warsaw (Cat 4)
Portugal
- Westin Salgados Beach Resort, Algarve (Cat 5)
Singapore
- Westin Singapore (Cat 5)
South Africa
- Westin Cape Town (Cat 5)
South Korea
- Westin Josun Busan (Cat 5)
- Westin Josun Seoul (Cat 5)
Spain
- Westin Madrid Cuzco (Cat 5)
- Westin Palace, Madrid (Cat 6)
- Westin Valencia (Cat 5)
- Westin La Quinta Golf Resort & Spa, Benahavis, Marbella (Cat 5)
Taiwan
- Westin Tashee Resort, Taoyuan (Cat 5)
- Westin Yilan Resort (Cat 6)
Thailand
- Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok (Cat 4)
- Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket (Cat 4)
Türkiye
- Westin Istanbul Nisantasi (Cat 4)
United States
Alabama
- Westin Birmingham (Cat 4)
- Westin Huntsville (Cat 4)
Arizona
- Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa (Cat 5)
- Westin Phoenix Downtown (Cat 5)
- Westin Tempe (Cat 6)
California
- Westin Long Beach (Cat 5)
- Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles (Cat 5)
- Westin Los Angeles Airport (Cat 5)
- Westin Pasadena (Cat 5)
- Westin San Jose (Cat 5)
- Westin San Diego Bayview (Cat 5)
- Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter (Cat 5)
- Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa (Cat 5)
- Westin Sacramento Riverfront Hotel & Spa (Cat 5)
- Westin Kierland Resort & Spa (Cat 6)
- Westin Carlsbad Resort & Spa (Cat 6)
- Westin Tempe (Cat 6)
- Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort & Spa (Cat 6)
- Westin San Francisco Airport (Cat 6)
- Westin St. Francis San Francisco (Cat 6)
Colorado
- Westin Denver Downtown (Cat 5)
- Westin Denver International Airport (Cat 6)
District of Columbia
- Westin DC Downtown (Cat 5)
- Westin Georgetown, Washington D.C. (Cat 5)
- Westin Washington, D.C. City Center (Cat 5)
Delaware
- Westin Wilmington (Cat 4)
Florida
- Westin Tampa Bay (Cat 4)
- Westin Fort Lauderdale (Cat 4)
- Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort (Cat 5)
- Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village (Cat 5)
- Westin Sarasota (Cat 5)
- Westin Tampa Waterside (Cat 5)
- Walt Disney World Swan (Cat 6)
Georgia
- Westin Atlanta Airport (Cat 4)
- Westin Atlanta Perimeter North (Cat 4)
- Westin Atlanta Gwinnett (Cat 5)
- Westin Buckhead Atlanta (Cat 5)
- Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort (Cat 5)
- Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta (Cat 5)
- Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa (Cat 5)
Illinois
- Westin O’Hare (Cat 4)
- Westin Chicago North Shore (Cat 4)
- Westin Chicago River North (Cat 5)
- Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago (Cat 5)
Indiana
- Westin Indianapolis (Cat 4)
Louisiana
- Westin New Orleans (Cat 5)
Massachusetts
- Westin Waltham Boston (Cat 5)
- Westin Boston Seaport District (Cat 6)
- Westin Copley Place, Boston (Cat 6)
Maryland
- Westin Baltimore Washington Airport – BWI (Cat 4)
- Westin Annapolis (Cat 5)
- Westin Washington National Harbor (Cat 5)
Maine
- Westin Portland Hardborview (Cat 6)
Michigan
- Westin Book Cadillac Detroit (Cat 5)
- Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport (Cat 5)
Minnesota
- Westin Edina Galleria (Cat 5)
- Westin Minneapolis (Cat 5)
Missouri
- Westin Kansas City at Crown Center (Cat 4)
- Westin St. Louis (Cat 5)
Mississippi
- Westin Jackson (Cat 4)
North Carolina
- Westin Raleigh-Durham Airport (Cat 4)
- Westin Charlotte (Cat 5)
Nevada
- Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa (Cat 4)
- Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa (Cat 5)
New Jersey
- Westin Mount Laurel (Cat 4)
- Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village (Cat 4)
- Westin Governor Morris, Morristown (Cat 5)
- Westin Jersey City Newport (Cat 5)
New York
- Westin Buffalo (Cat 5)
- Westin Flushing LaGuardia Airport (Cat 5)
- Westin New York Grand Central (Cat 6)
Ohio
- Westin Cleveland Downtown (Cat 4)
- Westin Cincinnati (Cat 5)
- Westin Great Southern Columbus (Cat 5)
Pennsylvania
- Westin Pittsburgh (Cat 5)
- Westin Philadelphia (Cat 6)
South Carolina
- Westin Poinsett, Greenville (Cat 5)
- Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa (Cat 6)
Tennessee
- Westin Chattanooga (Cat 5)
- Westin Memphis Beale Street (Cat 5)
Texas
- Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport (Cat 4)
- Westin Dallas Southlake (Cat 4)
- Westin Dallas Stonebriar Golf Resort & Spa (Cat 4)
- Westin Galleria Dallas (Cat 4)
- Westin Galleria Houston (Cat 4)
- Westin Houston, Memorial City (Cat 4)
- Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas (Cat 4)
- Westin Oaks Houston at the Galleria (Cat 4)
- Westin San Antonio North (Cat 4)
- Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio (Cat 5)
- Westin Houston Medical Center/Museum District (Cat 5)
- Westin at The Woodlands (Cat 5)
- Westin Austin at The Domain (Cat 5)
- Westin Dallas Downtown (Cat 5)
- Westin Houston Downtown (Cat 5)
- Westin Austin Downtown (Cat 6)
Virginia
- Westin Alexandria Old Town (Cat 4)
- Westin Reston Heights (Cat 4)
- Westin Richmond (Cat 4)
- Westin Tysons Corner (Cat 4)
- Westin Washington Dulles Airport (Cat 4)
- Westin Arlington (Cat 5)
- Westin Crystal City Reagan National Airport (Cat 5)
- Westin Virginia Beach Town Center (Cat 5)
Washington
- Westin Bellevue (Cat 5)
- Westin Seattle (Cat 6)
Wisconsin
- Westin Milwaukee (Cat 5)
Vietnam
- Westin Resort & Spa Cam Ranh (Cat 4)
Conclusion
Westin brand offers more options to redeem 35K Free Night Certificates on compared to Marriott’s luxury brands, especially in the United States.
There’s tons of options where you’d get more value from the annual fees of the credit cards you’d pay to get them.
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