i Preface
Firstly, we'd like to extend a warm welcome to our new members. We've created this short guide with you in mind which we hope covers all the basics you need to know about where and when you can enjoy the spoils of lounge access whenever you are travelling on BA and/or a oneworld partner airline. This guide has been rewritten so that it captures the conditions relating to the relatively new Concorde Bar, Concorde Dining facilities, as well as addressing some of the frequently asked questions not covered by the previous guide, such as access to BA lounges when travelling with Aer Lingus or Vueling. The previous guide (now archived) can be found here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...uidelines.html

In this guide, the conditions by which lounge access is given are divided into two main categories: 1) access qualified by status, and 2) access qualified by class of travel. One final note before we move on the detailed sections, while there many airport lounges that do offer an option to purchase access, including many third party lounges where BA has a contractual arrangement, none of BA’s own lounges offer this option - there is no way to buy yourself into a BA lounge.


ii Contents
Lounge access overview
Access qualified by status
Access qualified by class of travel
Lounge database


iii Change log
The following changes have been incorporated to this iteration of the BA lounge access guidelines thread

• removed reference to Business UK tickets
• added notes to post 3 re. Gold/GGL access on BA marketed/non-oneworld operated flights
• updated Bronze card images
• updated chart in posts 2
• updated diagrams in post 4
• updated GGL guest benefits in posts 2 and 3