Matt D From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9502 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2401 times:
with the way things are going nowadays, my best suggestion would be the Best Western in West Covina.
Modesto2 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2634 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2379 times:
I'd recommend the LAX Hilton. The executive lounge on the top floor offers "control tower" views of the south complex. Also, do a search on this topic...it's been discussed many times.
United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7162 posts, RR: 8 Reply 3, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2373 times:
The LAX Hilon is very nice! Reasonable rates,too.I had a big corner room for only $88 a night. Only bad side is paying to park and the underground garage is easy to forget where ya parked.
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QANTAS747-438 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1804 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2310 times:
Yeah, the LAX hilton is best. That or the LAX Airport Marriott. That's a super nice one too. But the LAX Hilton has some views of the airport from there. Also, the LAX Crown Plaza has great views of 25L/R and of the United commuter ramp. See?
DL_Mech From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 1761 posts, RR: 10 Reply 5, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2283 times:
The LAX Crowne Plaza can be had for as little as $32/night by using Priceline.com. See the biddingfortravel.com website for more info.
Swissgabe From Switzerland, joined Jan 2000, 5265 posts, RR: 37 Reply 6, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 2240 times:
I stayed in the Hilton and Westin. Both of them are very nice but as hotel I would prefer the Westin, it is better. Spotting isn't that cool because of the dark windows but watching planes, both are nice.
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FutureFO From New Caledonia, joined Oct 2001, 3095 posts, RR: 24 Reply 7, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2223 times:
I have stayed at the LAX Marriott and the Radisson on the approach to 24L/R. Not bad rooms either one. The Radisson you can get really good views of the International arrivals usually.
E1FAIL From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 74 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2218 times:
What is the name of that Thai hotel that is across the street from the Hilton?
ETA Unknown From Comoros, joined Jun 2001, 2010 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2207 times:
The Thai hotel is now the Courtyard Marriott- between the Radisson and Crowne Plaza.
As for the best view, the top floor of the Furama (tower building) can't be beat- and you're not stuck on Century Boulevard. At Furama you can at least walk outside at night as it's in a residential area and there are plenty of restaurants.
AM From Mexico, joined Oct 1999, 577 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2183 times:
I'm sure that the Hilton or the Marriott have much better views (and rooms ), but I've stayed at the Hampton Inn (runways 25) and the Sheraton Four Points (runways 24), and both have very good views of the final approach. You can't really see them touching down, but it's all good until just before that. Great arrivals during the morning by the way, with lots of 747s. Qantas, Cathay, Japan, ANA, Air New Zealand...
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Zrb2 From United States of America, joined May 2000, 894 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2179 times:
Stayed at the Westin in a room facing the south runways. Awesome. The planes were about 100ft AGL as they were on short final as I looked out the window. I could watch the entire touchdown.
BIK From New Zealand, joined Mar 2003, 57 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (10 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2178 times:
I stayed at the Marriott and all i saw from my room were 2 united tails parked at the airport. But i guess you could maybe ask for a more spotting friendly room.
On the other hand the Marriott is really nice and staff are great.
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), but I've stayed at the Hampton Inn (runways 25) and the Sheraton Four Points (runways 24), and both have very good views of the final approach. You can't really see them touching down, but it's all good until just before that. Great arrivals during the morning by the way, with lots of 747s. Qantas, Cathay, Japan, ANA, Air New Zealand... 
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