“while staying in L.A. ahead of her scheduled connecting flight”
Wrong hotel? Wrong neighborhood? LA is a sh*thole.
If this is your first time in LA, how would you know what parts are safe and what parts are deadly?
Most connecting flights are under 24 hours wait, and rarely go over 48 hours. Never, ever, leave the airport while waiting for a connecting flight. If you don’t have a membership to one of the exclusive airport lounges, bring one of those pool mattress floats and blow it up and sleep on the floor of your gate.
There are plenty of 5 star hotels next to LAX.
CONNECTING FLIGHTS USUALLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME BETWEEN TO GET A HOTEL.