{"id":16569,"date":"2015-01-25T20:18:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T04:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=16569"},"modified":"2015-01-30T19:41:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T03:41:38","slug":"trip-report-a-quick-jaunt-to-puerto-plata-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2015\/01\/25\/trip-report-a-quick-jaunt-to-puerto-plata-in-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report: A Quick Jaunt to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I\u2019ll be spending two nights and three days in the Dominican Republic because a friend of mine really wanted me to check out her beautiful country. I\u2019ve never seen a mileage run type of deal to Puerto Plata International Airport (POP) or to the Dominican Republic for that matter from Los Angeles, so I decided to redeem AA miles for the flights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2015\/01\/25\/trip-report-a-quick-jaunt-to-puerto-plata-in-the-dominican-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to Puerto Plata<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I redeemed 35,000 American Airlines AAdvantage Miles for a round-trip economy award ticket from Los Angeles to Puerto Plata via Miami. 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