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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 Jun 13, 2021, 8:21 am
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Originally Posted by Farringdon
Jackfruit sloppy joe with nachos? That doesn’t sound particularly appealing for the Concorde room/terrace. A good burger would be fine, but this sounds poor.
Its for the veggie crowd
Burger does sound good however
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Old Jun 13, 2021, 8:25 am
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
Hi,


I think you have to take the Airside walkway from tbit ( shown on ba as b) to t4 for the aa admirals club as it is the only one available that is open. It is about a 5min walk at most from tbit to the t4 lounge.
no oneworld lounges at tbit open at present iirc


Regards

Tbs

Ps now Alaska is in oneworld their lounge in t6 will also be available and is shown as being open till 830pm but it will be a longer walk Airside to t5 then t6 to the lounge.

Just be a little prepared to explain OW lounge access rules to the lounge dragon.

After checking in at TBIT for my LAX-LHR flight on BA metal, I opted to give the crAAPy offering at the Admirals club in T4 a miss and wombled down to T6 using the inter terminal tunnel to the Alaskan Lounge. I presented my First class BA boarding pass and was asked if I had either Emerald, or Sapphire status. Sapphire I answered. Which airline was my status through was the follow up question and I responded with AA. No-go says the dragon. They said BAEC would have been fine, but AA was a no-no. I then took 5 mins to explain to them how OW lounge access works, that as a OWS on an international flight, I qualified, not to mention that I was also in F on a OW carrier, so I was more than qualified to access. They pulled out the charts and said no go. I explained that they were looking at domestic charts and yes, AA solely domestic was a no-no, but they needed to look at International flights.

They eventually relented and let me in. I did check the OW lounge access finder online whilst munching on some fresh made pancakes just to make sure I was right and that did state that access was allowed.
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Old Jun 13, 2021, 9:51 am
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Originally Posted by TTmex
The scotch pie looks big enough for 2-3 people
Am I the only one who's disappointed that it isn't covered in batter and deep fried?
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Old Jun 13, 2021, 10:32 am
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I assume that BA going back into semi-hibernation may have knocked back the opening dates for the EDI and GLA lounges. https://edi.yourmenu.cloud was working a few days ago but no longer is.
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Old Jun 13, 2021, 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Us lowly Gold's do not get the Jerk Chicken....annoying as it sounds the best thing on the menu.
We also still have the hotwings (On the online menu at least)
Whilst those in the Club lounge just get ‘slop’…?
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Old Jun 13, 2021, 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by bafan
Whilst those in the Club lounge just get ‘slop’…?
Not sure, its been a while since I have been to a club lounge that has food (Ie a LHR one)

Cant check the online menu as the lounge is now closed....
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Old Jun 13, 2021, 2:14 pm
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Not sure, its been a while since I have been to a club lounge that has food (Ie a LHR one)

Cant check the online menu as the lounge is now closed....
I used the LHR Club lounge on Saturday. The menu was a bit lacking to be honest.
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Old Jun 13, 2021, 2:20 pm
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Originally Posted by sigma421
I assume that BA going back into semi-hibernation may have knocked back the opening dates for the EDI and GLA lounges. https://edi.yourmenu.cloud was working a few days ago but no longer is.
Which will suck, but not really a massive surprise, all things considered :-(
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Old Jun 13, 2021, 4:06 pm
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Originally Posted by JeffBHD
The BHD lounge reopened yesterday - however, with the sad news of Stobart Air (operator of Aer Lingus Regional) going under this morning, I wonder how long that will last...
Anyone know if the BA contract has been reinstated, the Oneworld tool still says the lounge is closed.
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 2:23 am
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Originally Posted by londonba2014
Anyone know if the BA contract has been reinstated, the Oneworld tool still says the lounge is closed.
yes, the aspire lounge is taking ba passengers in line with normal access rules now.


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Old Jun 14, 2021, 2:29 am
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To anyone that travels from or via Madrid T4s, Iberia re-opened today the Velázquez lounge in the T4S building, lounge used for non-Schengen flights.

Opening times are limited from 07:30 to 17:30.
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 7:17 am
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It seems the jerk chicken didn’t last long (did anyone manage to have it?). We are now back to wings, and the jackfruit nachos are replaced by a rogan josh.

The fishcake is actually quite tasty.


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Old Jun 14, 2021, 8:44 am
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Originally Posted by SonicStar817
I used the LHR Club lounge on Saturday. The menu was a bit lacking to be honest.
Ah.

Is there any detail on the all day offering in GC at the moment ? I had breakfast there last October, and I’m due back around lunchtime at the end of the month (fingers crossed), so interested to know…
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 10:38 am
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Originally Posted by bafan
Ah.

Is there any detail on the all day offering in GC at the moment ? I had breakfast there last October, and I’m due back around lunchtime at the end of the month (fingers crossed), so interested to know…
Go to this link
https://t5s.yourmenu.cloud/

Password is budapest

At the moment the GC is closing in the afternoon and you will be directed to GF. When they close the lounge they also take the menu offline. If you log in tomorrow you can see breakfast, then lunch options after 11am.

For completeness, if your trip is in the afternoon after the GC closes, this will be your menu - GF.

https://t5f.yourmenu.cloud/
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 10:40 am
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Go to this link
https://t5s.yourmenu.cloud/

password is Budapest

Currently its closed, and you get redirected to GF. but when its open again tomorrow you can see the menu via this link
The password is budapest - all lowercase.
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