Currently I'm booked JFK-GYE on Saturday 3/2 and GYE-LIM on Sunday 3/3. Yes, the reason I'd go direct is just to get some more sleep! I actually booked an AA award YVR-JFK(stop)-GYE-LIM, with the YVR-JFK leg in a couple of weeks. All for 30k miles in J!
AA will let me move around the last leg, so long as its flown within a year of ticketing. I'd like to go in early/mid March but if I can get the nonstop I'm willing to be flexible... we'll see what AA says.
My next question was going to be what the lounge situation is... but I guess you answered that!