Italy - Driving Viterbo to FCO; car rental, LH/UA...

Hi all,
On Friday we fly FCO>FRA (LH) at 1:25pm, then FRA>SFO (UA) at 5:25pm. We are staying in Viterbo, and must still return our car to Europcar at FCO. We also will have our toddler with us, so that's also some extra work.

Roughly speaking...

1. What time do we need to be at FCO to check in for the LH flight? We are *G so hopefully there will be a *G line at FCO LH, and they will check our bags through to SFO.

2. How much time do we need to factor for the car return and then getting from Europcar to the check-in area of FCO?

3. How long (roughly) is it from Viterbo to FCO? Viamichelin predicts 2 hours. Do we need to factor in more time for a Friday morning?

Will LH at FCO give us BP for the FRA>SFO flight?

Thanks
Michael

Hi all,
On Friday we fly FCO>FRA (LH) at 1:25pm, then FRA>SFO (UA) at 5:25pm. We are staying in Viterbo, and must still return our car to Europcar at FCO. We also will have our toddler with us, so that's also some extra work.

Roughly speaking...

1. What time do we need to be at FCO to check in for the LH flight? We are *G so hopefully there will be a *G line at FCO LH, and they will check our bags through to SFO.

2. How much time do we need to factor for the car return and then getting from Europcar to the check-in area of FCO?

3. How long (roughly) is it from Viterbo to FCO? Viamichelin predicts 2 hours. Do we need to factor in more time for a Friday morning?

Will LH at FCO give us BP for the FRA>SFO flight?

Thanks
Michael


I'd budget 2 hours but it should take less than 2 hours, I'd say 1h30'. Viterbo > Aurelia > A12 Civitavecchia - Rome (FCO).

You'll park the car here (http://maps.google.it/maps?q=fiumicino+aeroporto&hl=it&ll=41.794244,12.25181&spn=0.002212,0.005284&t=h&z=18&vpsrc=6), the car parks opposite the T3, where Lufthansa operates - it's just a short walk. Based on my few experiences with Europcar, the drop-off has been easy and fast.

Yes, they have priority line, check-in closes 45' before flight, you should get all the BPs and the baggage checked through

Will LH at FCO give us BP for the FRA>SFO flight?

Thanks
Michael

if they give you a song and dance about not being able to generate BP in fra, that means they have no airplane in fra. try to beat them up and get hotel in rome and flight with confirmed bp for the next day. been there done that too many times.