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Old Jul 3, 2020, 10:51 am
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List of Lounges Currently OPEN to BA Passengers (open wiki for details)

This wiki includes details of open lounges accessible to premium (F/J or Gold/Silver) passengers travelling on BA operated services, either within the terminal BA depart from or accessible via airside transfer.

Other lounges may be accessible for passengers willing to transfer landside to other terminals or concourses, although this is generally not recommended due to time constraints as a result of needing to re-clear security. Additionally, some airports may offer pay-in lounges which are not otherwise accessible by BA premium passengers (either temporarily or permanently).

Most open lounges are operating with a limited food and beverage service, and other services may be unavailable or modified.

For opening hours, please check the oneworld lounge listing at https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location= which is now being regularly updated.

If your airport isn't listed below, this probably means there is no lounge available for BA premium passengers (either temporarily or permanently) - please check the oneworld listing for the most up-to-date information.

British Airways Lounges
Aberdeen British Airways Lounge
Boston British Airways Lounge (First Dining is unverified)
Cape Town British Airways Lounge
Chicago British Airways Lounge (First lounge is permanently closed)
Dubai British Airways Lounge (BA First passengers and oneworld Emerald members on BA flights only, The Bar is unverified)
Edinburgh British Airways Lounge
Geneva British Airways Lounge
Glasgow British Airways Lounge
Johannesburg British Airways Lounge (First Dining is unverified)
New York JFK British Airways/American Airlines Greenwich Lounge, Soho Lounge, Chelsea Lounge
New York Newark British Airways Lounge (First Dining is unverified)
Lagos British Airways Lounge
London Gatwick British Airways First Lounge, Club Lounge
London Heathrow Terminal 3 British Airways Galleries First, Galleries Club
London Heathrow Terminal 5 British Airways Concorde Room, Galleries First, Galleries Club South, Galleries Club North, Galleries Club T5B, Galleries Arrivals
Milan Linate British Airways Lounge
Philadelphia British Airways Lounge (First lounge and First Dining are unverified)
Rome British Airways Lounge
San Francisco British Airways Lounge (First Dining is "accessible". See post 4222: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34492191-post4222.html)
Seattle British Airways Lounge (First lounge is unverified)
Singapore British Airways Lounge (The Bar is unverified)
Washington British Airways Lounge (First Dining is unverified)

Note that the BA-operated lounges at AMS, BHD, BRU, IAH, NCL, MAN and YVR have all closed permanently during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alternative oneworld or third party lounges are listed below. Note that the Elemis Travel Spas at LHR and JFK have been permanently closed.

Non-BA oneworld Lounges
Amman Royal Jordanian Crown Lounge
Atlanta American Airlines Admirals Club North Terminal (AirTrain ride required)
Austin American Airlines Admirals Club
Bangkok Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge
Dallas American Airlines Admirals Club (multiple locations)
Denver American Airlines Admirals Club
Doha Qatar Airways Silver Lounge (BA Silver / OW Sapphire travelling in Y)
Doha Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Business Lounge (J class pax only - temporarily accepting BA Gold / OW Emerald in Y or W)
Doha Qatar Airways Al Safwa First Lounge (F class pax only)
Frankfurt Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge
Hong Kong Cathay Pacific The Wing, First (accepting F/J passengers and Gold/Silver cardholders)
Houston Terminal A American Airlines Admirals Club (airside transfer via AirTrain available to/from BA gates in Terminal D)
London Heathrow Terminal 3 Cathay Pacific Business and First Class lounges (open 05:30 to 17:30 Mon-Sat, 07:00 to 17:30 Sun)
London Heathrow Terminal 3 The Qantas International London Lounge (open daily 06:00 to 14:00)
Los Angeles Terminal 4 American Airlines Admirals Club & Flagship Lounge (airside walk to/from BA gates in TBIT)
Los Angeles Terminal 6 Alaska Lounge (airside walk to/from BA gates in TBIT)
Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Terminal OneWorld Lounge/Qantas Business & First Class Lounge
Madrid Iberia Premium Lounge Dalí / Iberia Premium Lounge Velázquez
Mexico City American Airlines Admirals Club
Miami American Airlines Admirals Club (multiple locations)
Miami American Airlines Flagship Lounge / Flagship First Dining Gate D30 ( Flagship First Dining only available to departing BA First Class passengers )
Nashville American Airlines Admirals Club
Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2A American Airlines Admirals Club
Phoenix American Airlines Admirals Club (multiple locations)
Philadelphia Concourse B/C American Airlines Admirals Club (airside walk to/from BA gates in Concourse A)
San Francisco Terminal 1 American Airlines Admirals Club (airside walk to/from BA gates in International Terminal)
San Francisco Terminal 2 Alaska Lounge (airside walk to/from BA gates in International Terminal)
Sao Paulo Terminal 3 American Airlines Admirals Club
Singapore Qantas International Business Lounge
Seattle Alaska Lounge (airside transfer via AirTrain available to/from BA gates in Concourse S)
Tampa American Airlines Admirals Club
Tokyo Haneda Japan Airlines First Class Lounge (accepting F/J passengers and Gold/Silver cardholders)

The AA forum has further details of open Admirals Club lounges: Link

Third Party Lounges with active BA contracts
Accra Adinkra Lounge
Amsterdam Aspire Lounge
Athens Skyserv Aristotle Onassis Lounge
Antigua Executive Lounge
Atlanta The Club at ATL
Barcelona AENA Joan Miro Lounge
Bahrain The Pearl Lounge
Basel EuroAirport Skyview Lounge
Belfast Aspire Lounge
Berlin Lounge Tempelhof
Bologna Marconi Business Lounge
Bordeaux Salon des Vignobles
Bridgetown Airlines Executive Lounge / IAM Jet Centre
Brussels Diamond Lounge Pier B
Copenhagen Eventyr Lounge
DalamanCIP Lounge
Dallas The Club at DFW
Delhi Plaza Premium Lounge
Doha Oryx Lounge
Dubai Terminal 1 Marhaba Lounge (BA Club World passengers and oneworld Sapphire members on BA flights only)
Dublin Dublin Airport Executive Lounge (reduced hours - 04:00-18.30 only, see here for latest details)
Düsseldorf Open Sky Lounge (Terminal C)
Faro ANA Lounge (non-Schengen only)
Florence Aeroporti VIP Club
Gibraltar Calpe Lounge
Grenada IAM Jet Centre
Hamburg Hamburg Airport Lounge
Hong Kong Plaza Premium Lounge
Houston HAS Executive Club
Ibiza VIP Sala Lounge
Istanbul IGA Lounge
Inverness Aspire Lounge (open part-time, see post 3357)
Jersey Executive Lounge
Johannesburg Shongololo Lounge
Keflavík Saga Lounge
Krakow Business Lounge
Kingston Club Kingston
Larnaca Aspire Aphrodite Lounge
Las Vegas The Lounge at LAS (T3)
Lisbon ANA Lounge
Ljubljana Business Lounge
Lyons Salon Mont Blanc
Malaga Sala VIP Lounge
Male Leeli Lounge
Malta La Valette Club
Manchester T3 The Escape Lounge
Marseille Salon Cezanne Non-Schegen Lounge opposite gate 10
Milan Malpensa Montale Non-Schengen Lounge
Montreal National Bank Lounge
Moscow DME Domodedovo Airport Business Lounge
Mumbai MALS Premium Lounge
MunichAirport Lounge World
Nairobi TAV Lounge
Nassau The Lignum Club Lounge
Newcastle Aspire Lounge
Nice Infinity Lounge
Nuremberg Dürer Lounge
Oslo OSL Lounge
Palma Sala VIP Lounge
Phoenix Escape Lounge
Port Louis ATOL Lounge
Prague MasterCard Lounge
Rio de Janiero Plaza Premium
Riyadh Premier Lounge
Rotterdam Prima Vista Lounge
San Diego Aspire Lounge (Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri departures only)
Sao Paulo LATAM VIP Lounge
Sofia Preslav Lounge
Southampton Spitfire Lounge
Split Business Lounge
St. Lucia (UVF) Iyanola Lounge
Stockholm (ARN) Norrsken Lounge
Tenerife Sala VIP Lounge
Tel Aviv Dan Lounge
Thessaloniki Manolis Andronikos Skyserv Lounge
Toronto Plaza Premium Lounge
Toulouse La Croix du Sud Lounge
Valencia Sala VIP Joan Olivert
Vancouver Plaza Premium Lounge
Warsaw Bolero Lounge
Zagreb Primeclass
Zurich Aspire Lounge
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Old Nov 23, 2020, 3:17 am
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Originally Posted by ISTFlyer
Unfortunately, the AA gates in Terminal C could not handle international arrivals.
However, the aircraft could be towed after cleared by the CBP to Terminal C but it's highly unlikely as there are no airport-operated gates at Terminal C.
That is exactly what used to happen, you can actually watch the exercise from inside the airport and on the usual aircraft tracker sites (since the AA lounge don't have views in that direction), see the thread below. The lovely AA lounge staff there would regularly call their chums around the airport to track what was going on since it was an interesting daily ritual for them. It's all ultra hypothetical at the moment, but I think the AA lounge will contine to be the BA lounge, without double security. The only current service are the BA codeshares, and they of course do have AA lounge access.

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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
That is exactly what used to happen, you can actually watch the exercise from inside the airport and on the usual aircraft tracker sites (since the AA lounge don't have views in that direction), see the thread below. The lovely AA lounge staff there would regularly call their chums around the airport to track what was going on since it was an interesting daily ritual for them. It's all ultra hypothetical at the moment, but I think the AA lounge will contine to be the BA lounge, without double security. The only current service are the BA codeshares, and they of course do have AA lounge access.

New BA Routes 2018: Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)
Pre-COVID, the BA gate ( gate B11 ), and the C concourse were connected airside. Now there is a construction going on at BNA which required the BA concourse and the AA concourse to be split with no airside connection. Pre-COVID the BA flight never operated from the C or D concourses which is currently the only concourses linked to AA Admirals Club.

By the way, for the moment, yes, only BA codeshares are operating from BNA.
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Any updates about LHR T5 Lounges re-openings?
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Old Nov 23, 2020, 4:39 am
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Any updates about LHR T5 Lounges re-openings?
North is already open, South is expected to reopen next week. The complication there will relate to the various announcements later today on the proposed replacement to Lockdown 2.0, proposals which is subject to a parliamentary vote, and possibly London's tier level will have something to do with it.
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
North is already open, South is expected to reopen next week. The complication there will relate to the various announcements later today on the proposed replacement to Lockdown 2.0, proposals which is subject to a parliamentary vote, and possibly London's tier level will have something to do with it.
Thanks! Any rumors about the CCT reopening?
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Old Nov 23, 2020, 5:11 am
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Thanks! Any rumors about the CCT reopening?
If South opens then the First Wing will open, which will mean CCT reopens. Not that there is much difference between CCT and First really.
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
North is already open, South is expected to reopen next week. The complication there will relate to the various announcements later today on the proposed replacement to Lockdown 2.0, proposals which is subject to a parliamentary vote, and possibly London's tier level will have something to do with it.
That comment about south reopening next week sounds rather ominous. I suppose I will have to wait and see after the announcements this evening/afternoon.
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Old Nov 23, 2020, 5:36 am
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I'm guessing the lounges will reopen to their previous level of service once the blanket ban on leisure travel is lifted, subject to the interpretation of "dining" rules in the lockdown tiers affecting Hounslow.
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Originally Posted by Schwann
I'm guessing the lounges will reopen to their previous level of service once the blanket ban on leisure travel is lifted, subject to the interpretation of "dining" rules in the lockdown tiers affecting Hounslow.
Even in the most stringent (Tier 3) restaurants could open, as long as significant meals were served. It'd be hard to argue that the BA lounges don't qualify.
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Old Nov 23, 2020, 6:01 am
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Even in the most stringent (Tier 3) restaurants could open, as long as significant meals were served. It'd be hard to argue that the BA lounges don't qualify.
agreed.

however, i think the problem is we do not appear to be going back to exactly the tier system we had pre lockdown tho and they are going to to be tweaked. so it does depends on what the restrictions are in the new tiers and which tier applies for LHR.
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Originally Posted by KARFA
agreed.

however, i think the problem is we do not appear to be going back to exactly the tier system we had pre lockdown tho and they are going to to be tweaked. so it does depends on what the restrictions are in the new tiers and which tier applies for LHR.
True, and whether airside exceptions exist (as in this lockdown).
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Old Nov 23, 2020, 7:13 am
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The lists I've seen suggest they'll be fine to reopen, assuming we're tier 2. Tier 3 is likely to be takeaway only (but allowed to be open without the need for exemptions) so more like the current offering.
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Does anyone know if drinks from the bar in GC North are in plastic cups due to take away only or can I have the luxury of a glass?
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Any idea when the CCR might reopen? I’m hoping to fly F in February and would love to experience it!
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Old Nov 24, 2020, 1:36 pm
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Any idea when the CCR might reopen? I’m hoping to fly F in February and would love to experience it!
My crystal ball says Summer season 2021, which is 28 March, but other spherical objects may give different results.
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