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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 14, 2021, 2:16 pm
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Originally Posted by KARFA
yes, the aspire lounge is taking ba passengers in line with normal access rules now.


Has there been any interior cosmetic changes KARFA ? Or, is it still BA Lounge decor with a different badge on the door? Are they still allowing boarding direct from the lounge?
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 2:31 pm
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Originally Posted by SHT88T
Has there been any interior cosmetic changes KARFA ? Or, is it still BA Lounge decor with a different badge on the door? Are they still allowing boarding direct from the lounge?
Still the same furniture and decor inside so basically no change so far. It doesn't really feel like an Aspire lounge in that sense. The staff are not in BA uniforms anymore.

Boarding was still direct from the lounge as long as the plane is at gate 4. The difference is they don’t announce it now or officially open the doors to allow pre boarding, but when it’s boarding you can just exit through that door directly to the jetbridge and board.
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 4:14 pm
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Lhr lounge

Tomorrow is fast approaching & I’m on a flight around 18:00, which lounge will be open from 3 til around 5:30? TIA

Heathrow that is
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 5:05 pm
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Originally Posted by DynamicPulse
Tomorrow is fast approaching & I’m on a flight around 18:00, which lounge will be open from 3 til around 5:30? TIA

Heathrow that is
Feel free to scroll up the thread, plenty of detail to your question only a few posts up....

If you don't want to do this, the answer is at a minimum GF, and potentially GC.....so you will most likely at some point be re-directed to GF...

I do not know your class of travel or status, so assumed Silver/Club.
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 5:53 pm
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Feel free to scroll up the thread, plenty of detail to your question only a few posts up....

If you don't want to do this, the answer is at a minimum GF, and potentially GC.....so you will most likely at some point be re-directed to GF...

I do not know your class of travel or status, so assumed Silver/Club.
thanks!
yes travelling Club
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Old Jun 14, 2021, 6:04 pm
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
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/
Perfect. Thanks
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 12:51 am
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F lounge utterly rammed this morning. Happy for the CCT. There are some people traveling!!
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 1:53 am
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Originally Posted by bafan
Perfect. Thanks
Just realised my link takes you to the defunct T5N

https://t5s.yourmenu.cloud/viewmenu.php
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 2:19 am
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Although this might not be interpreted as 100% certain, at one of the threads in the UA forum regarding JFK, it was told to a FT member by a United Global Service agent that the Alaska Lounge in Terminal 7 would re-open in July 2021.

Originally Posted by FT Lurker
AS lounge is reopening in July per GS rep at JFK
I guess the agent mentioned this to the FT member as UA would be contracting the AS Lounge for their passengers.
Regardless of that as the Alaska Lounge is also a oneworld lounge and located in Terminal 7, it should also be available for BA passengers.

The Alaska Lounge might be inferior than the Galleries Club, First and the Concorde Room in JFK, although, it would be much efficient than to go to Terminal 8 Admirals Club, where you need to security twice.
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 4:08 am
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Any update on GLA or EDI reopening, as is the ‘delay’ actioned yesterday likely to impact that?
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Just realised my link takes you to the defunct T5N

https://t5s.yourmenu.cloud/viewmenu.php
No worries. I used the correct link and have seen the GC food offering - it is the slop, albeit served at table rather than buffet style. Hopefully I’ll get some time in GF for.a proper lunch…
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 8:47 am
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So just for completeness this is the current GC afternoon food offering:

House Salads
Vegan rainbow salad of butternut squash and kale (Ve)
Mixed leaf, cucumber & tomato with pulled ham hock
Harissa chickpea and orange salad with a warm frittata

Hot Dishes
Pasta Bolognese - Penne pasta served with a garlic dough ball
North African Chicken Stew with Olive & Fruit Bulgur Wheat
Soup of the day (Ve) - Served with freshly baked mixed bread selection
Vegetable Rogan Josh ( Ve) - with Coriander rice & minted yogurt (V)

Afternoon tea
Afternoon tea - Selection of sandwiches and a slice of cake
Cake of the day (V)

In addition the pies are also available:
England - Steak & Ale pie
Scotland - Scotch pie
Wales - Chicken & leek pie
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 8:54 am
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Just realised my link takes you to the defunct T5N

https://t5s.yourmenu.cloud/viewmenu.php
Greetings from Paris. Just placed a large order for the guest on table 23.

(j/k, but this service is done LOLBAD from a security perspective.)
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 9:56 am
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Feel free to scroll up the thread, plenty of detail to your question only a few posts up....

If you don't want to do this, the answer is at a minimum GF, and potentially GC.....so you will most likely at some point be re-directed to GF...

I do not know your class of travel or status, so assumed Silver/Club.
GF it is, thanks for the replies
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 1:14 pm
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Originally Posted by DynamicPulse
GF it is, thanks for the replies
Feel free to post pics of the current menu
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