Originally Posted by
lucky9876coins
Jeez Dan, aren't you mr. negative tonight? You must have forgotten that you'll earn ~12 more EQM's this way.

The OP is flying on an award ticket. Therefore, he doesn't care about the miles.
FYI, I asked about flying on the
JFK/LAX non-stop instead, but business class, formerly known as
P.S. 
wasn't available.