Originally Posted by
farbster
Another thought...are you only going to Rome? Or will you be visiting other cities in Italy? Maybe fly into Rome and out of Venice? Or vice versa? That might open up some availability.
I will definitely look into that. I just cannot believe that anything going into/out of England (via BA) has that exorbitant fees tacked unto the award tickets from USA to FCO. Also all, or at least most, of the flight code shares with BA, it seemed purposely for this reason.