I had an email at the end of October 2013 telling me that I had to fly immediately to Spain, I live in Punta Cana (PUJ) and had a terrible time trying to find something even vaguely in my budget. For those of you who need to do the same please do try JAF (Jetairfly.com) - I was able to find a flight to Brussels for Euros 300 and a return from Brussels to PUJ for Euros 200. I then used JAF or Vueling for other flights within Europe (there are a whole load of other airlines that you can use e.g. Air Europa etc). Now that was a lot better than the other options I had which were anywhere between US$2,000-4,000 for the time frame I needed. It is 'cattle' class but what do you expect for that price. Oh and it goes via JAMAICA..... hmm, now THAT is an idea! (but how do you get back? certainly not via Brussels 
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