Well I rarely get upgrades at the LAX Marriott (the Renn is usually the same price and is in the same blocks). They are standard airport hotels with little to do around them other than walk to the N' and Out.

The Newport Beach Bayview is a much nicer hotel and often upgrades. There is a nice upscale mall within walking distance.

But as Horace said ... there's a major distance between them that will always take an hour and regularly two. If I need to be in San Francisco, I don't stay in San Jose -- or vice versa.

But as Horace said, they're a long way apart.