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Old Mar 18, 2020, 2:47 am
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BA lounges : reopenings in July, & closures again In November



Latest update: 4 July

London airports
London Heathrow Terminal 5
T5A Concorde Room : CLOSED
T5A Galleries First : reopened 4 July
T5A Galleries Club South : reopened 4 July
T5A Elemis Spa: CLOSED
T5A Galleries Club North : CLOSED
T5B Galleries Club : CLOSED (including Elemis Spa)
T5A Galleries Arrivals : CLOSED (Elemis Spa CLOSED)

London Heathrow Terminal 3
Galleries First : CLOSED
Galleries Club : CLOSED
Elemis Spa : CLOSED
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AA International First Class Lounge: CLOSED
AA Admirals Club : CLOSED
AA Arrivals Lounge : CLOSED
CX First Class Lounge: CLOSED
CX Business Class Lounge: CLOSED
The Qantas London Lounge : CLOSED

London Gatwick South
British Airways First Lounge : CLOSED
British Airways Club Lounge : CLOSED


Outstations
Aberdeen
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

Amsterdam Schiphol
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

Berlin
Terraces : CLOSED

Bermuda
First Lounge : No data
Executive Club Lounge : No data

Boston
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED (including First and Club Dining)

Brussels
Galleries : CLOSED

Cape Town
British Airways Lounge : OPEN

Chicago O'Hare
First Lounge : CLOSED
Terraces : CLOSED

Dallas Fort Worth Terminal D
AA Flagship Lounge : CLOSED (including Flagship Dining)
AA Admirals Club : CLOSED

Dubai
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

Edinburgh
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

Geneva
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

Glasgow
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

Hong Kong
The Wing First : OPEN
The Wing Business : CLOSED
The Deck : CLOSED
The Bridge : CLOSED
The Pier First : CLOSED
The Pier Business : CLOSED
Qantas Hong Kong Lounge : CLOSED

Houston
Galleries First : CLOSED
Executive Club Lounge : CLOSED

Johannesburg
British Airways Lounge : OPEN (including First Dining)

Lagos
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

Los Angeles TBIT
Qantas First Lounge : (closure expected end of March)
oneworld Business Lounge : (closure expected end of March)

Manchester
Terraces : PERMANENTLY CLOSED

Miami
AA Flagship Lounge : CLOSED (including Flagship Dining)
AA Admirals Club D30 : CLOSED
AA Admirals Club D15 : CLOSED

Milan Linate
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

Newcastle
Terraces : PERMANENTLY CLOSED

New York JFK
Concorde Room : CLOSED
British Airways First Lounge : CLOSED
British Airways Club Lounge : CLOSED

New York Newark
Galleries : CLOSED (including First and Club Dining)

Philadelphia
Galleries First : CLOSED
Galleries Club : CLOSED

Rome Fiumicino
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED

San Francisco
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED (including First Dining)

Seattle
First Lounge : CLOSED
Terraces : CLOSED

Singapore
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED
Qantas First Lounge : CLOSED
Qantas Business Lounge : CLOSED
Qatar Airways Lounge : No data

Vancouver
Galleries First : CLOSED
Galleries Club : CLOSED

Washington Dulles
British Airways Lounge : CLOSED (including First and Club Dining)




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Covid-19 : BA network lounge closures, effective 17 March

   
Old Mar 18, 2020, 5:29 pm
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CCR closing
Just heard from the bartender from CCR that the lounge is closing for at least 30 days.
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Old Mar 18, 2020, 7:13 pm
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Very sad.
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 12:14 am
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LGW Flounge was closed today.
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 1:11 am
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Confirmed: CCR now closed
Here today and CCR closed and FLounge very quiet at 07:00. Some advance notification would have been nice, although they did email saying my flights were operating.


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Old Mar 19, 2020, 1:15 am
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This makes me sad.
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 1:31 am
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Looks like there will be a few occasions coming up I won’t be able to use my newly minted CCR card and I won’t make renewal next year. Truly first world problems but annoying nonetheless.
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 2:00 am
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Originally Posted by fotographer
I was there yesterday... never seem both lounges so quite. sad
Originally Posted by MarkFlies
Very sad.
Originally Posted by florens
This makes me sad.
Why are people "sad" at the closure or under-utilisation of a couple of airport lounges? I genuinely don't understand it, as the closures barely register on my list of things to be sad about. (Although I do accept that it's a perfectly valid topic for discussion here).
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 2:17 am
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Originally Posted by Misco60
Why are people "sad" at the closure or under-utilisation of a couple of airport lounges? I genuinely don't understand it, as the closures barely register on my list of things to be sad about. (Although I do accept that it's a perfectly valid topic for discussion here).
It is about the people who work there.
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 2:29 am
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I'm sitting at 4515 points. My 500-TP trip in May is canned, and I have a feeling my 500-TP trip in July will also be canned. Collection year ends 8th August. I was confident of renewing, but there is a tiny element of sadness that I might not reach 5000 due to COVID-19. I do like the CCR, and hope it comes back into service.

I know it's a first world problem, don't get me wrong. I hope the staff there are all being looked after.
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 3:04 am
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CCR Lounge Closure Notice

I love how the lounge closure notice gives instructions to CCR users on how to get to the South Lounge complex.

Poor wee lambies, they must be completely lost. Perhaps BA should provide a sedan chair service to shuttle them down?!
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 3:19 am
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This is ironic for me. My points posted today which took me to 5030TP. First time hitting that mark since joining the club in 2002! That was 18 years in the making!

Hope everyone stays safe, and gets back to where they need to be until we get to the other side of this.
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 3:24 am
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For those who are feeling withdraw symptoms

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Old Mar 19, 2020, 3:36 am
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Originally Posted by Misco60
Why are people "sad" at the closure or under-utilisation of a couple of airport lounges? I genuinely don't understand it, as the closures barely register on my list of things to be sad about. (Although I do accept that it's a perfectly valid topic for discussion here).
Many of the lounge staff have been given 30 days of unpaid leave, on a moments notice.

Perhaps that realisation, which is happening to many, is why we care.

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Old Mar 19, 2020, 3:46 am
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Originally Posted by msm2000uk
Many of the lounge staff have been given 30 days of unpaid leave, on a moments notice.

Perhaps that realisation, which is happening to many, is why we care.
Concern for the welfare of staff who might lose their livelihoods is perfectly normal. But the posts I was referring to seemed to express sadness at the simple fact that the lounges were quiet or closed, which is the reason I wondered exactly why people were sad.
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Old Mar 19, 2020, 4:22 am
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Originally Posted by Jase76
Here today and CCR closed and FLounge very quiet at 07:00. Some advance notification would have been nice, although they did email saying my flights were operating.


Makes me sad too looking at that. Reason why, it's an image showing the state of the world that an international airport in London has pretty much closed. Who would have thought just a few weeks back.

Hope the guys who work there are ok, if they read this, hi!
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