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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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Mar 9, 2021, 9:27 am

#1951

RG1X

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Originally Posted by VSLover

this period really would have been a great time to fix the terrible ventilation and cooling in the t5 lounges!

Could have maybe done something about the awful toilets too!

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Mar 9, 2021, 10:45 am

#1952

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I'm flying in J this week. The oneworld website says Galleries South is open [https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=LHR]. However, the Wiki in this thread suggests Galleries First will be welcoming J passengers.

Does anyone know if Galleries South is indeed open or if I will be directed to Galleries First?

Thanks

Mar 9, 2021, 12:28 pm

#1953

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Upon my visit to LHR last Friday I was able to access the first lounge as a J pax, I seemed to be the only lounge open in T5

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Mar 11, 2021, 5:20 am

#1954

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Originally Posted by Paren

I'm flying in J this week. The oneworld website says Galleries South is open [[url]https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=LHR]. However, the Wiki in this thread suggests Galleries First will be welcoming J passengers.

Does anyone know if Galleries South is indeed open or if I will be directed to Galleries First?

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ikaz

Upon my visit to LHR last Friday I was able to access the first lounge as a J pax, I seemed to be the only lounge open in T5

So just to give an update, I’m currently in Galleries First. CW passengers that are not Gold can also use the First Wing since CW check in is closed, apparently this change was implemented today.

Mar 11, 2021, 7:34 am

#1955

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Originally Posted by Paren

So just to give an update, I’m currently in Galleries First. CW passengers that are not Gold can also use the First Wing since CW check in is closed, apparently this change was implemented today.

I used CW check in 2 weeks ago, and then went through first security etc, it was dead, so it makes sense to close the CW check in too.

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Mar 11, 2021, 4:31 pm

#1956

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Pubs haven’t been allowed to serve alcohol outside before the first time they are able is 12 April. They were allowed to do take away sales (different from drinking outside) however lots of people didn’t take their alcohol away hence this being banned in the third lockdown.

At the risk of veering wildly off-topic... The approach to selling alcohol during the third lockdown has really flummoxed me.

If the issue is people drinking on the street and congregating, ban drinking on the street and supplying alcohol in open containers. Some localities in the UK already have such bans.

Instead, the ban applies not only to selling alcohol in open containers (i.e. for outside drinking - quite a few bars in Newcastle did this in the run-up to Christmas), but as KeaneJohn says, also to closed containers to take-away. This includes those supplied by restaurants - so now we have a situation where I can pay a good restaurant for an expensive meal to eat at home, but they aren't allowed to sell me a bottle of wine to drink at home to go with it. I've been making a big effort to support some local independent restaurants during the lockdowns, but there's only so much food I can eat - a bottle of wine would help their bottom line. Given the mark-up on alcohol, this must be really affecting the profitability of smaller restaurants who are trying to make ends meet by offering takeaways.

Yet I can wander into the nearest ~~Tesco~~ sorry, Sainsbury's, and take whatever alcohol I bought onto the street and drink it. So if the objective is to prevent on-street drinking, the current ban doesn't address the actual issue of people congregating on the street.

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Mar 11, 2021, 4:45 pm

#1957

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Originally Posted by squawk

The restaurant can deliver the alcohol or you can arrange for click and collect (different to takeaway).

I’m hearing there’s a legal challenge against the government to prove the data/science that alcohol indoors is a greater risk than outdoors with a view to getting all pubs open on 12 April if there’s no proof. Not sure if it will work, the people behind it think so so will it mean lounges can serve alcohol in April as opposed to May. Who knows. I’m hoping it’s the former whatever the outcome with a domestic flight on 18 April.

Mar 11, 2021, 5:11 pm

#1958

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Lounges served alcohol up to when lockdown 3 started on 6 January. This was permitted under tier 4 restrictions. Therefore if the rules are relaxed back from the tier 4+ level we are at now to the pre 6 January tier 4 state, it may be alcohol is available again.

Whether than happens on 29 March, 12 April, or 17 May is not clear. However if I had to guess I would say probably 12 April.

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Mar 11, 2021, 6:57 pm

#1959

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Actually if you scroll back through this thread you can see lounges stopped alcohol on Jan 13th. I was drinking Champagne in GC and GF myself on Jan 11th.

But I won't attempt to predict when they will begin serving alcohol again. I'll just say I hope it is back on come summer!

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Mar 12, 2021, 4:37 am

#1960

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Is there any news on when lounges at JFK will re-open? I've a trip for November booked and would really like to eat in the lounge pre-departure as on the last flight out.

Mar 12, 2021, 4:50 am

#1961

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Originally Posted by BWBriscoe

Is there any news on when lounges at JFK will re-open? I've a trip for November booked and would really like to eat in the lounge pre-departure as on the last flight out.

I would assume only when the travel ban on EU / UK & Ireland citizens is lifted which will allow, somewhat, normal passenger traffic to resume and thus make it worthwhile for BA to reopen their lounges.
While it is still crystal ball time, the U.S., on it's current vaccine trajectory, will be in a position to offer a jab to all adults who want one by August, so I think by late summer they may look to re-open certain travel corridors with equally low case countries, which hopefully will be the U.K. / Europe by then!

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Mar 12, 2021, 5:55 am

#1962

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Originally Posted by squawk

Yet I can wander into the nearest ~~Tesco~~ sorry, Sainsbury's, and take whatever alcohol I bought onto the street and drink it. So if the objective is to prevent on-street drinking, the current ban doesn't address the actual issue of people congregating on the street.

It’s the government actually trying to make a policy that will work in real life, rather than implement one created by armchair policymakers with no thought to reality.

The previous situation led to big problems in many areas, where pubs sold drinks to people who effectively turned the street outside into the crowded pub of old. Landlords paid lip service to asking customers not to - usually by putting up a sign saying don’t drink outside - but they would struggle with enforcement (and it’s not really in their interests to enforce it either). In theory and on paper you’re right, it should be possible to ban congregations drinking, but in reality we don’t have the volume of police or standards officers required to enforce that properly either, nor the political will to do so.

So the policy decided to cut off the problem at source - and here’s the thing, it has worked. Practically, it’s been a big success.

If people had been drinking Sainsbury’s purchases in large groups outside the shop then I imagine the response would have been different. But they haven’t, so it didn’t need to.

Mar 12, 2021, 7:06 am

#1963

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Originally Posted by Paren

So just to give an update, I’m currently in Galleries First. CW passengers that are not Gold can also use the First Wing since CW check in is closed, apparently this change was implemented today.

Good tip regarding the first security, I was let through flying club europe just now

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Mar 12, 2021, 7:40 am

#1964

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Originally Posted by BWBriscoe

Is there any news on when lounges at JFK will re-open? I've a trip for November booked and would really like to eat in the lounge pre-departure as on the last flight out.

That's plenty of time. Should the current status quo hold, you can always re-book on AA and use their lounge at T8 (open 4 am to 8 pm). Expect nothing extraordinaire, though (but they serve free food, and you can buy more at the bar).