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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 7, 2021, 1:51 pm
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Originally Posted by efincomputer
Drink Choices. Champagne was Canard-Duchêne.


Food offering at GLA - very limited currently. Not sure what it's like in the morning (i.e. breakfast rolls, etc) - I was in it from about 2:30 in the afternoon last week when this was the offering.
Wow may i say i am very impressed with the options. Crisps and carrot cake? Seriously?
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Old Aug 7, 2021, 4:22 pm
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Any word on what the arrangements (if any) are for BER?
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Old Aug 7, 2021, 4:25 pm
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From a friend that who has flown recently NCE-LHR in CE, I could verify that the current lounge offerings in Nice is a €20 Starbucks voucher.
I have no idea if the contract of BA & the Infinity Lounge over there has ended or this is a temporary change.
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Old Aug 7, 2021, 9:09 pm
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Originally Posted by ISTFlyer
From a friend that who has flown recently NCE-LHR in CE, I could verify that the current lounge offerings in Nice is a €20 Starbucks voucher.
I have no idea if the contract of BA & the Infinity Lounge over there has ended or this is a temporary change.
Can confirm, 20€ Voucher offered yesterday. My suspicion is that it is temporary while the lounge is closed.
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 12:53 am
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Originally Posted by Simon Schus
You win some, you lose some!

How busy has the BA LHR T3 lounge been?
Will report back tomorrow. Flying the 18:10 to Helsinki. I was hoping also that the Centurion Lounge would be open.
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 1:23 am
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Originally Posted by JTXC
Any word on what the arrangements (if any) are for BER?
Per the wiki and oneworld website, BA are using the Tempelhof lounge.
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 2:07 am
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Originally Posted by Genius1
Per the wiki and oneworld website, BA are using the Tempelhof lounge.
You're doing a splendid job keeping the wiki updated, a great resource. I’ve added a new title to the wiki to help draw people’s attention to the resource
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 5:21 am
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Prague Lounges

An invitation to a wedding in the Czech Republic in September means that I might have to fly for the first time since the pandemic started. It might be easier to fly to BRQ with Ryanair - but I'm trying to find Good Reasons to go via PRG with BA...

I understand that the lounge in LHR T3 is open but does anyone know if there is a lounge in PRG that can be used? The OneWorld site lists several there, but they all seem airline-specific and the lounge used by BA appears to be temporarily closed. Can I use my (practically unused) Emerald status to get entry into another lounge?
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 6:16 am
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Originally Posted by CoweyB
An invitation to a wedding in the Czech Republic in September means that I might have to fly for the first time since the pandemic started. It might be easier to fly to BRQ with Ryanair - but I'm trying to find Good Reasons to go via PRG with BA...

I understand that the lounge in LHR T3 is open but does anyone know if there is a lounge in PRG that can be used? The OneWorld site lists several there, but they all seem airline-specific and the lounge used by BA appears to be temporarily closed. Can I use my (practically unused) Emerald status to get entry into another lounge?
You could always go BA one way and FR the other so you can use the lounges at LHR.
The oneworld site is cunfusing, for PRG it lists the lounge for AA and QR as "Mastercard Lounge" and then below that says it's in terminal 1.
For BA it lists the lounge as "Mastercard Lounge Terminal 1 TEMPORARILY CLOSED".
This sounds like the same lounge but the picture is of the T1 Menzies lounge.
It's been a while since I've been to PRG but in the non Schengen area (T1) there's two lounges opposite each other - the Mastercard lounge (used to belong to Czech airlines at one point) and the Menzies lounges that BA used. Perhaps the Menzies lounge has closed and the Mastercard lounge now uses both spaces but one side is currently closed due to lack of demand.
Has anyone been to PRG recently and know the situation?
I would say don't expect to get into a lounge with BA unless someone can confirm that they are accepting BA passengers.
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 6:20 am
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Originally Posted by SEA-Flyer
Can confirm, 20€ Voucher offered yesterday. My suspicion is that it is temporary while the lounge is closed.
Interestingly, the OW website mentions that the Infinity Lounge is open with limited service.
Are you sure that it's closed?
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 6:26 am
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Originally Posted by ISTFlyer
Interestingly, the OW website mentions that the Infinity Lounge is open with limited service.
Are you sure that it's closed?
I'd not rely too much on the site reflecting up to the minute opening status. After all it still lists the lounge at BHD as "British Airways Lounge (Temporarily closed)" even though the BHD lounge is now run by Aspire and is accepting BA passengers.
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 7:08 am
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Originally Posted by ISTFlyer
Interestingly, the OW website mentions that the Infinity Lounge is open with limited service.
Are you sure that it's closed?
Yes, it is definitely closed. Nice Airport’s website mentions it at https://www.nice.aeroport.fr/services/salon-vip

INFO COVID-19 : les salons VIP du Terminal 1 sont fermés.
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 9:26 am
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I am curious if the Cabanas will become available (who knows) when the Concord Lounge opens. Crystal ball territory, I know, but if anyone hears any rumours I´ll be curious to know.

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Old Aug 8, 2021, 9:51 am
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Originally Posted by LCSinTexas
I am curious if the Cabanas will become available (who knows) when the Concord Lounge opens. Crystal ball territory, I know, but if anyone hears any rumours I´ll be curious to know.

Regards,

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Do we have a date for the CCR reopening?
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 10:48 am
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Originally Posted by MANCHESTER
Do we have a date for the CCR reopening?
Not something announced publicly.
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