[Expired] [Award Alert] Wide-Open Availability to Italy for 19K Miles One-Way in Economy This Summer

Updated: March 26, 2025, 5:02am CDT

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Award Deal — Details
How To Earn American Airlines AAdvantage Miles
Final Thoughts

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Update:

The offer mentioned below has expired and is no longer available.

Despite what you’re told, it’s not too late to book that trip to Southern Italy (or elsewhere in Europe!) this summer.

The team at Upgraded Points just found widespread availability on an array of routes from the U.S. during peak travel months — here’s how you can book.

Award Deal — Details

Flights to Europe — especially to Italy — are notoriously expensive during the summer. You can expect to pay north of $2,000 for flights, and most likely, you’ll be sitting back in economy!

Rather, you should be redeeming points and miles with this latest award deal we found. There’s plenty of availability to Rome this summer, from East Coast cities:

Class: Economy and business
Routes: Charlotte (CLT), Philadelphia (PHL), and Chicago (ORD) to Rome (FCO)
Airline: American Airlines
Cost: As low as 19,000 miles one-way
Dates: April through August 2025; January, February 2026
Seats: Available for up to 9 passengers

The cheapest possible way to book these flights is through American Airlines AAdvantage. This program has flights for 19,000 miles one-way from numerous East Coast cities where American flies.

For example, you can book this nonstop flight from Philadelphia (PHL) to Rome (FCO) for 19,000 miles and just $5.60 in taxes and fees. If you prefer to fly in a bit more comfort than economy, you can also book business class to Italy for just 54,000 AAdvantage miles. Be sure to play around with the fare calendar on American’s website if you’re flexible on travel dates.

AA award rates FCO — Image Credit: American Airlines

We are seeing the most reasonable fares from Philadelphia. However, flights from Chicago and Charlotte are similarly priced at a reasonable 27,000 miles one-way for a summer trip to Rome. For example, you can fly from Chicago (ORD) to Rome for as little as 27,000 AA miles in economy or 62,000 miles in business.

ORD FCO AA Biz Fare — Image Credit: American Airlines

Hot Tip:

Even if you don’t take advantage of this award deal to Italy, there are still many other ways to make the most of redeeming your American miles for great value.

How To Earn American Airlines AAdvantage Miles

This is a fantastic deal for American loyalists who are flush with AAdvantage miles, as you can book round-trip flights at this record-low rate.

If you want to earn AAdvantage miles, remember that you can transfer Bilt Rewards points at a 1:1 ratio. Otherwise, you can transfer Marriott Bonvoy points at a less desirable 3:1 rate, or purchase AAdvantage miles with up to a 30% discount.

Final Thoughts

These deals never last very long. If you’ve been eyeing a trip to Italy this summer and have the miles ready to go, you’ll want to take advantage of one of the best award rates we’ve seen recently!