Originally Posted by
xliioper
Reposition to JFK and you can get JFK-FCO in business for $1864 roundtrip throughout the summer (with 7-day minimum stay). PE is available from around $1200 roundtrip on non-stop flights ($1100 on connections -- as mentioned above).
This is what I would do. If you're not willing to do positioning flights, at least consider GSO and RDU as origins-- will have lower fares than hub-captive CLT.