It may end up being moot anyway.

I've got other trips planned in June and September, and adding even a quick long weekend in Rome may break the bank. I've read the Rome summer hotel prices are not for the faint of heart. & my heart's kind of faint right now lol.

Plus, have no (none, none, none, not any) desire to join everything I've heard about the summer tourist throng there. But the wide-open AA non-stop availability in J and F, barely higher mileage than partner flights (lower in F), seems such a deal I'm at least checking it out more before vetoing.