Originally Posted by NickB
I am a bit puzzled, though, as to why you don't stick to OW for this if you fly mostly in premium classes. BA is bound to be more comfortable in J than AF and timings are more or less the same. Culturally, you are also likely to find service on BA more familiar than on AF.
Moreover, on LAX-FCO, AA would probably have the best timings.
Nothing would please me more than BA J. But two things stand in the way of that. Firslty, BA is one of the most expensive J LAX-FCO. AA is the corp airline and we get a pretty good F/J set fare LAX-LHR. But AA J is not my cup of tea - hence a possible preference for LX J or LH J. Secondly, corp policy is to go with the lowest fare at the time of booking - and often that is non-OW.
Ideally I would take AA F LAX-LHR and connect to FCO on BA (or AZ - don't really care as the sector is too short to worry). Will have to see how that goes down (and prices) at the time of booking.