If anyone has experience with booking a hotel through Skymiles Marketplace, I would love to hear how it went. What kind of confirmation do you receive? Any problems at check-in? Any hidden costs?

I'm planning a trip to Rome for May. Within a couple of weeks, I will have enough miles to cover the flight, or cover the hotel. Since I have read how hard it is to book award travel, I was thinking of just paying for the flight, and using the miles for the hotel.

Any thoughts or advice? Thanks in advance for your help.

Mitzi