You can get a comp but they won't comp you to plat. On top of that, you'll only have a few months to get to Plat for 2006, but if you're a 1k now, that may not be difficult.

I can't say gold will work for you unfortunately. Do you fly out of SNA or LAX most of the time? Upgrades from LAX are HARD to get, usually a slew of plats competing for them. I'm a silver and don't even bother trying most of the time when I fly ex-LAX. Not sure about SNA but YMMV.

Enjoy!