I have a weekend trip booked for next month and am looking to burn some of my many 1-4 certs. For those that have stayed at either or both, WWYD? I'm pretty familiar with Chicago so I know they're in completely different parts of the city (I lived at the old Conrad, now The Gwen, in River North for a couple months a few years ago).

The room rates are high for both, so assuming amenities are back to normal, what is the recommendation? I like the location of the CAA more than the Thompson, but I was just at the Thompson in San Antonio and thought it was fantastic. I'm a globalist, FWIW. My current plan is to stay at one of the very few remaining generic Hyatt properties for my first night to get the brand explorer credit on a Thursday and then move downtown for Fri/Sat.