I had need to call on this benefit one last time tonight. Staff at IAD seemed to be under the impression that gate passes could not be issued to club members. I referenced gg checkpoint line 68 but they wouldn't look at it.
They did say it was possible get a gate pass to pick up a child or elderly person. They seemed to be under the impression that this ability was ending tomorrow, though? I conceded and decided to label my parents elderly so I could get in. (They wouldn't refer to themselves as such, but some might...) That was the purpose of my stop by the airport anyways, I came up with the idea to try to wait in the club when the weather took a turn.