Rodeo Drive

Among the more famous streets of Beverly Hills is Rodeo Drive, where you can find numerous designer label stores and haute couture boutiques. Among them, you can also find a few gems like these anti-aging clinics and plastic surgery offices if you're so inclined.

Andaz West Hollywood

After two nights at the Category 2 Hyatt Place Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga, we decided to splurge a little on the points and go for the Hyatt Category 4 (requiring 15k points per night) Andaz West Hollywood (aka Riot House) located on the world famous Sunset Boulevard. Parking can set you back a bit though at their rather pricey $32/night overnight valet-only rate.

Hyatt Place Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga

Just recently spent a brief weekend for fun in Los Angeles and decided to try out the new Hyatt Place. This was the Hyatt Place Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga located near Ontario Airport next to the rather large Ontario Mills mall. As a Hyatt Gold Passport member, you can redeem one free night here for 8k points as a Category 2 hotel. The only knock against this hotel might be its location as it is rather far from most of the attractions in the greater Los Angeles area although its pricing definitely offsets that.

Westin LAX

The Westin Los Angeles Airport is conveniently located on West Century Blvd straight east right outside of LAX airport. This was a great deal when I stayed as a category 2 hotel but its now gone up to a Starwood category 4 hotel, which I think is a poor use of points.