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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 Jul 13, 2021, 12:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Gavin C
Galleries North in T5 open this morning. Not sure when it shuts though
That's good to hear, south was rammed with practically no spare seats 2 days ago. also we got used to the the first class lounge food (when galleries closed due to low numbers) and forgot just how poor the food in the galleries is.. when the kids menu is the best breakfast option (bacon and hash browns) it's really telling..
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Old Jul 13, 2021, 12:50 pm
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Originally Posted by KeaneJohn
JFK lounge staff return to work on 22 July for training and opening on 1 July. Not sure which lounges at JFK specifically.
Nearly a year?! Wow, that’s some serious cost cutting….

(I’m assuming you meant August)
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Old Jul 13, 2021, 1:10 pm
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Anyone know if any of the showers at the lhr t5 lounges are open (or will be open by next week)?
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Old Jul 13, 2021, 3:25 pm
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Originally Posted by fender5787
Anyone know if any of the showers at the lhr t5 lounges are open (or will be open by next week)?
They have been open every time I have been there over the past 2 months.
I was last there a couple of weeks ago and there was a sign at the shower reception saying that they were open until 1530.
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Old Jul 13, 2021, 9:31 pm
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I did indeed mean 1 Aug.
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 3:49 am
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BA Lounges in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen are set to re-open on the 19th July. Should be more details announced soon
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 3:53 am
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Originally Posted by KARFA
Some of the menus are posted in the posts over the last few pages. You can also look at them online

Galleries Club https://t5s.yourmenu.cloud/index.php

Galleries First https://t5f.yourmenu.cloud/index.php

Just use any number for the table, and budapest is the day word.
Does anyone have the current day word? Curious to see the galleries club breakfast menu.
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 3:58 am
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Originally Posted by tsg20
Does anyone have the current day word? Curious to see the galleries club breakfast menu.
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 4:11 am
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I don't know the reason but for at least the last 3-4 years, BA hasn't given up on their insists naming Wi-Fi passwords ( as well as your menu passwords ) the 4 same cities.
It's either Singapore, Budapest, Las Vegas, <forgot the fourth one>

When would it be the time to change these
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 4:12 am
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Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow reopen on Monday.

https://www.headforpoints.com/2021/0...pen-on-monday/

Priority boarding will also return on Monday.

BA is also starting a luggage drop-off service with AirPortr which will operate at the HEx and tube platforms in Terminal 5 - no further details at the moment.

And, as per the other thread, you will actually be able to buy a coffee ON THE PLANE without pre-ordering it 24 hours in advance from Monday (29 routes only, exceptions apply, selected long-life products only, in-flight w-fi and smartphone and credit card required etc)
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 4:15 am
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JFK T7?

Anyone have a crystal ball on JFK lounge/S opening? Flight 3 August. Apologies, very long thread, I appreciate there may have been discussion.
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 4:17 am
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Originally Posted by NoTiersForMe
Anyone have a crystal ball on JFK lounge/S opening? Flight 3 August. Apologies, very long thread, I appreciate there may have been discussion.
Someone yesterday has posted the information that JFK Lounge staff is being called back to work for training on 22 July so that the lounge could be re-opened in 1 August.
However, that poster has mentioned that he doesn't have any information which sections of the lounge would be open.

The respective post should be one of the last 50 posts in this thread.
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 4:25 am
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Also as an update; the Alaska Lounge in JFK Terminal 7 has re-opened about an hour ago.
WIKI updated as BA passengers could access the AS Lounge at this time.
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 5:14 am
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Originally Posted by ISTFlyer
I don't know the reason but for at least the last 3-4 years, BA hasn't given up on their insists naming Wi-Fi passwords ( as well as your menu passwords ) the 4 same cities.
It's either Singapore, Budapest, Las Vegas, <forgot the fourth one>

When would it be the time to change these
is it Vancouver
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Old Jul 14, 2021, 6:12 am
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Originally Posted by Raffles
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Priority boarding will also return on Monday.
Thank the good Lord!

Will the deplaning crap go too?
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