Originally Posted by
KARFA
even if Italy has a transit without visa provision the problem is transits are usually going from county A and connecting on to country C, not doing a back to back heading straight back to county A. If you have no right of entry to Itlay I would expect BA to refuse you boarding of the flight to MXP.
That is what I thought. Sometimes I avoid this restriction by purchasing a full-fare ticket to a 3rd country and then canceling it.