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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 3, 2020, 4:37 am
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Originally Posted by Joshua1347
I note the suggestions above on this thread that it will be the First lounge in T5 for all eligible travellers though, as discussed above, I have not seen any formal communications from BA on this.
I appreciate that many FTers would want a hand delivered gold embossed invitation card signed by Álex himself, but in the meantime, won't Flyertalk do?
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 4:40 am
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
I appreciate that many FTers would want a hand delivered gold embossed invitation card signed by Álex himself, but in the meantime, won't Flyertalk do?
Not many MOP read this forum so it would be better if MMB was updated maybe to avoid confusion?
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 5:00 am
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I’m sure confusion will be made clear when you go to Galleries lounge and realise it’s closed. Hopefully there are signs to indicate which is open and available. I doubt BA want the cost of updating their online systems to then undo the update, once more Lounges open.
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 5:03 am
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
I appreciate that many FTers would want a hand delivered gold embossed invitation card signed by Álex himself, but in the meantime, won't Flyertalk do?
That would be lovely, but a short email would be grand 😉
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 6:42 am
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There was never really any comms saying the lounges were shut so not really surprised at the lack of comms announcing a reopening!
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 6:45 am
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The BA "Welcome back on board" page has been updated with a Lounges section
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 6:47 am
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
I appreciate that many FTers would want a hand delivered gold embossed invitation card signed by Álex himself, but in the meantime, won't Flyertalk do?
I can't count the number of times where BA agents have told me things which I knew were wrong because you'd said so. So FT won't always do, but I think the Holy Trinity in these realms ( KARFA Tobias-UK corporate-wage-slave *) will. I admire your dedication to helping people on this board, it's a wonder BA haven't offered you a job yet.

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Old Jul 3, 2020, 6:57 am
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Very interesting, I’ll be there first thing Monday morning and fascinated to see what the breakfast offer will look like.

cleaning the bathrooms between each use is a huge undertaking if there’s any volume of passengers in the lounge...
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 6:59 am
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Does anyone have any screenshots of the "your menu" website you get to order from yet? Not flying for a while, just have an unhealthy interest in menus.

edit:I just realized it's not actually the 4th yet and thus no one has been in a lounge.
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 7:10 am
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Interesting bit in the FAQs:

What is the Welcome Card with a red/blue side for?
Once you enter the lounge, we’ll give you a Welcome Card to make your stay with us more comfortable. One side is blue, and the other side is red. We ask you to place the card with the blue side showing on your seat when you leave the lounge so our team can clean and disinfect the area for another customer. If you are temporarily moving from your seat and would like to come back or you do not want to be disturbed, please place the card with the red side on display.
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 7:14 am
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Anyone know if the CCT (Concorde terrace) is open for CCR card holders? The FAQ just states F customers
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 7:14 am
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thank you !
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 7:30 am
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Originally Posted by crazyarmadillo
Anyone know if the CCT (Concorde terrace) is open for CCR card holders? The FAQ just states F customers
It is

Same rules as the CCR.
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 7:32 am
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The long posed question of "Can I take items from the lounge?" has been answered!

Will snacks (e.g. crisps, biscuits, fruit) still be available to take away?

We will be offering individual pre-wrapped snacks which you can take away.
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Old Jul 3, 2020, 7:33 am
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Any idea regional BA lounges

I have a flight from Manchester 18 July. MMB states the flight departs from T1 but then directs you to the lounge in T3.

I understand T3 at MAN will reopened by the time I travel https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/0...-open-lounges/ so assume there is a glitch in the BA IT and the correct terminl will be T3. But I wonder BA will open the lounge for one daily fight to LHR (or will Iberia and AA have resumed by then)?
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