With a view to requalifying this year, I found the the following on aa.com for £492+. The fare appears as a Return not as a Multi-city itinerary:

MAN-LHR-JFK-FCO returning FCO-ORD-JFK-LHR-MAN

My question is (assuming availability) how many eVIPs would be required? As far as I can see, they are for 'systemwide' upgrades and have no 1-direction requirement so 1 for the outbound and 1 for the return should be enough.

I could of course be wrong!!