Vancouver / LA /palm springs TR Aug 2016
I was looking for first class tickets for me my wife and 2 kids age 2 and 9 but was only able to find business class tickets. About 1 week before traveling I booked 4 tickets on BA web site with Cathay Pacific. Cost of ticket was 37,500k BA miles and $5.00 for each ticket.
AUG 21 DAY 1
We arrived to JFK 2 hours before our flight. Check in was fast, there was almost no line by security. We went into the BA lounge; it was not bad at all. Our flight was supposed to leave at 9:45 but it was delayed till 10:30. We finally boarded our Cathay Pacific business class, the service was great Our seats were great too. We managed to sleep a little but the flight went fast. I did not eat the kosher meal but it looked pretty decent. We landed at 1:10am!
I was supposed to pick up a car by Avis but for some reason it took a while for the airplane to bring our car seat. When I got to the Avis counter it was closed, was told by someone I missed them with 2 minutes.
Pictures of the plane

Big one in here seat

Food I did not eat


Since we did not have a car we had no choice but to take a cab to our hotel. The way took 25 minutes and they charged $30.00 CAN flat rate.
We arrived at our hotel at 2:30am. Check in was quick. I couldn’t fall asleep since we were still on NYC time but the kids slept and it was a great start for our vacation.
We stayed in Westin Grand Vancouver, since they were the only one available with points. We got upgraded to a one bedroom corner suite with a balcony. The view was very nice but the room was small but it worked out because we had two rooms. They gave us a big refrigerator and they gave great service.
Hotel cost was 12k spg per night we stayed there for 4 night the total cost was 46k spg .
Aug 22 day 2
We woke up bright and early on NYC time. The weather was absolutely beautiful. I davened and ate a good breakfast that we bought along on our balcony it was so nice. I was searching for a car in the area but none were available or for $120 a day. So I went to the airport by train for $2.75. The way took about 25 minutes. I got my car went back to hotel to pick up my family.
We couldn’t decide what to do cuz we were all tired and wanted to take it easy.
We went to Stanley Park, rented bikes and biked the path. The views were amazing, it’s really stunning there. We spent there about 4 hours. Then the little one got tired so I dropped off my wife and the little one to the hotel and me and my 9 year old went to Canada Place. The view up there is breathtaking. We did fly over Canada, it’s a must to do, it’s interesting and fun. The whole thing took about 45 minutes and And we called it a day!
Pictures of Stanley park



U can take this round the park for a 1 hour tour we did not do it .

Pictures of Fly over Canada


At 7 o’clock we went to eat at Maple Grill. It was very very busy but they got us a table in 5 minutes. The food was good but nothing special. The price is ok, it took very long for waiter to take our order and then ages till we got our food. They have a few parking spots behind the restaurant or you have to park on the street and pay a meter.
Pictures of food
Soup for kid




We made early night, we were all exhausted but wow what a great day.
Since it was out daughter’s birthday they sent us up some stuff it was not kosher but it was nice of them.
Picture of birthday chocolate

To be continued