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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 Aug 5, 2021, 6:23 am
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Originally Posted by JayMackAttack
For UrbanLegend or anyone else recently flying from SEA, can you update us on what the club world hard product is? I had heard that by now flights 48 and 49 were to be operating 787-10’s with club suites, but looking at bookings recently it appears they still are running 787-9’s with the old yin yang seats.

Glad to see more lounges opening up.
It is primarily CW on 789 in 4 class configuration. BA only used 78X twice on this route this summer (if my memory serves me well, both times in June).
Oh, and by the way, don't count on the lounge. Unless things changed this week, it is closed. Alaska Board Room is open, but remember to leave in plenty of time - it takes 15-20 minutes to get from there to South gates.
Just checked and Sea-tac site confirms BA lounge is still closed: https://www.portseattle.org/services...irport-lounges

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Old Aug 5, 2021, 6:47 am
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Originally Posted by luitje
It is primarily CW on 789 in 4 class configuration. BA only used 78X twice on this route this summer (if my memory serves me well, both times in June).
Oh, and by the way, don't count on the lounge. Unless things changed this week, it is closed. Alaska Board Room is open, but remember to leave in plenty of time - it takes 15-20 minutes to get from there to South gates.
Just checked and Sea-tac site confirms BA lounge is still closed: https://www.portseattle.org/services...irport-lounges
Have a look at this post, it appears the BA SEA lounge opened yesterday: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33464928-post2831.html
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Old Aug 5, 2021, 9:10 am
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Having coughed up over £600 for a CE flight to WAW, it was a bit of a surprise to find the Bolero lounge closed. It’s a pretty sad place at the best of times, but this adds insult to injury. I’m pretty hard to annoy, but come on…
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Old Aug 5, 2021, 10:01 am
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
Have a look at this post, it appears the BA SEA lounge opened yesterday: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33464928-post2831.html
Oops. That was embarrassing. Sorry, I should have made that small effort and scrolled down to the next post.
Looking at the fab foods on display, unless they are fully stocked with premium booze, I would give it a pass and hit Alaska's lounge instead.
Seriously, I appreciate Covid challenges and all, but with that quality of offering BA might have been better off just keeping this lounge closed.
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Old Aug 5, 2021, 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by luitje
Oops. That was embarrassing. Sorry, I should have made that small effort and scrolled down to the next post.
Looking at the fab foods on display, unless they are fully stocked with premium booze, I would give it a pass and hit Alaska's lounge instead.
Seriously, I appreciate Covid challenges and all, but with that quality of offering BA might have been better off just keeping this lounge closed.
Agree. I’ll be utilizing my Alaska Lounge access unless that offering improves significantly.
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 3:09 am
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Originally Posted by JayMackAttack
Agree. I’ll be utilizing my Alaska Lounge access unless that offering improves significantly.
Yes the food was well, not good. Bar selection was normal. The G&T was functionally strong. The benefit was the lounge was pretty empty although this hopefully with change with the recent change for fully vaccinated US residents to no longer isolate.

The gate was quite busy. I’d estimate the flight was half full.

My BA48 bookings for Oct and beyond all show 78X. Some are CWS so hope that sticks.

On arrival the CCT bar selection looked good.

CCT Bar Selection
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 3:22 am
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The EDI lounge staff are doing a stirling job, with a smile on their faces. The food offering is still very limited but the welcome is warm.

One discovery at LHR T5; the pies are back "ad lib" tucked behind the cake stand near the main loos (you know where I mean!). Biit of a challenge finding cutlery, but worth the effort. Self-service drinks are also back, but table service is still available. All in all, a pretty good show.
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 3:45 am
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Originally Posted by JayMackAttack
Agree. I’ll be utilizing my Alaska Lounge access unless that offering improves significantly.
to be fair, the offering at SEA was never great even pre-covid. Probably the worst BA first class lounge I’ve been in.
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 4:08 am
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Originally Posted by Donsyb
to be fair, the offering at SEA was never great even pre-covid. Probably the worst BA first class lounge I’ve been in.
worse than Chicago?
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 7:34 am
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Originally Posted by UrbanLegend
CCT Bar Selection
As a rum drinker I can't tell you how offended I am by the Dead Man's Fingers there (I believe they had more than one in the last pic I saw).

Their alcohol purchaser needs an education in something other than Whisky, Cognac and Champagne! Of course, many would argue they need an education in alcohol full stop...
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 7:41 am
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Originally Posted by squeeler
The EDI lounge staff are doing a stirling job, with a smile on their faces. The food offering is still very limited but the welcome is warm.

One discovery at LHR T5; the pies are back "ad lib" tucked behind the cake stand near the main loos (you know where I mean!). Biit of a challenge finding cutlery, but worth the effort. Self-service drinks are also back, but table service is still available. All in all, a pretty good show.
Can you describe the food offerings at EDI? Will be going through GLA a few times in the next two months. (I mostly just want to grab a nice coffee, but just curious).
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 7:46 am
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I think the bigger education gap is the 'beer' section only having Heineken - do we know if the ales are there for self-serve? It seems a massive false economy to save putting out a few cans of tribute/speedbird and push everyone to the whisky, cognac or champagne you mention...
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 7:52 am
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Originally Posted by drwook
I think the bigger education gap is the 'beer' section only having Heineken - do we know if the ales are there for self-serve? It seems a massive false economy to save putting out a few cans of tribute/speedbird and push everyone to the whisky, cognac or champagne you mention...
+1! I hear that the Speedbird is available at outstations and so really doesn't make sense why it isn't available at LHR lounges? BA100 was available freely last year there..
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 7:56 am
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Well they used to have some speedbird in the central refrigerated bar, but it hasn't re-appeared this year. There are some soft drinks and tonics in cans there, but in terms of beer it is just Heineken.
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Old Aug 6, 2021, 9:31 am
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I really dislike Heineken.

I'm still missing Amstel light, but that probably a good thing as l liked it too much. 😁

I have always been surprised by the lack of beer selection at LHR lounges, compared to large select of liquor/spirits and wine
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