Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
On board the seat is not quite as wide as CO's (20.5" vs 22") but there is more legroom (60" seat pitch vs 55" on CO). It's one of those angled lie-flat seats, perhaps a little harder than the CO BF barcalounger.
This depends upon the plane. BF on a 757 (which is what I am assuming the OP will fly to BCN if they are going via EWR?) is only 20" wide. The 767 is only 21" wide, and one of the FCO-EWR flights is on a 767. Only the 777 is 22" wide.
As for the other option (BA), I'm curious about the routing. I think BA only flies to VCE from Gatwick, in which case I wouldn't be willing to do an airport change, unless you wanted to use the opportunity to spend a night or two in London on the way back. Otherwise, I would not say that LHR is that much worse than connecting at EWR. Maybe not better, but I don't think it is any worse, particularly on the return flight, where you don't have to claim and recheck bags. ZRH is much better than both.