Is it possible to actually schedule a stopover in Milan without a huge price increase? When I book JFK-BOM and select the direct flight via Milan to Dubai, the fare rules say I can have one free stopover in Milan. But when I try doing a multi-segment trip with 2 days in Milan, the J round-trip jumps from $5K to $18K.

I called and the agent told me that was the only way to book it, and that the increase was due to different availability. The JFK-MXP and MXP-BOM segments all price the same for each day of travel (in fact, for all +/- 5 days that I searched) so that doesn't seem logical.

The help page on the web says I can select a stopover on the "stopover tab" on the booking page, which I've never seen. I've booked a Dubai stopover before at near-zero cost, and would like to try this in Milan, but I can't seem to find how to make it work.

Ideas?