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BA lounges : COVID-19 closures and reopenings

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 Dal / Iberia Premium Lounge Velzquez
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)
Dsseldorf 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
Keflavk 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 Drer 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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BA lounges : COVID-19 closures and reopenings

Old Aug 8, 2021, 4:32 pm
  #2881  
 
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Abflug 7.8.
its THF lounge, offerings are minimal (way better than in Feb) small preheated scrambled eggs in glasses, some salats, lots of soft-drinks, beer and juices. Wein and Sekt on Request (knock on the kitchen door ) but great Runway views, currently using RW south.
easy walking from THF lounge through Passport Control to C gates, IF BA is docking at C Gates
Originally Posted by JTXC
Any word on what the arrangements (if any) are for BER?
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Old Aug 8, 2021, 8:46 pm
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Time for them to re-open YYZ, surely. I notice that my flight on the 19th is over half-full in CW.
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Old Aug 9, 2021, 3:27 am
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Just checked BA.com and noticed now that Paphos lounge PFO says BA included, think its changed in the last week as I looked recently, good news. Perhaps DaveS can confirm if he's flying back from there?
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Old Aug 9, 2021, 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Chrisnichols
Just departing Malta, and it seems BA have renewed their contract with the La Valette Club, despite it not being listed on the Oneworld website). Invites to the lounge were handed out with boarding passes at check-in.
Confirmed today - Check in agent said they'd just restarted giving out the vouchers - I see reports here from not much more than a week ago that they weren't doing so.
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Old Aug 10, 2021, 2:49 am
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Gatwick North

Looking in September and there seems to be one flight to Glasgow each day, the rest being from City or Heathrow

So with Gatwick North Terminal,
As a Silver travelling Economy, would I be allowed into the Aspire lounge before the flight?
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Old Aug 10, 2021, 10:11 am
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Any timeline of re-opening the LHR T5 Arrivals lounge?
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Old Aug 10, 2021, 1:46 pm
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Originally Posted by lewis_saint
Any timeline of re-opening the LHR T5 Arrivals lounge?
Nothing yet announced publicly.
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Old Aug 10, 2021, 2:52 pm
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JFK Lounge
















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Old Aug 10, 2021, 3:50 pm
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That looks lovely. Very good effort from BA. Well done.
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Old Aug 10, 2021, 4:24 pm
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Much better beer selection than currently at LHR. Not difficult though!
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Old Aug 10, 2021, 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by ermis177
That looks lovely. Very good effort from BA. Well done.
I couldnt agree with you more! Service was absolutely fantastic from the staff in the lounge, all food options I sampled were delicious! Especially the peach salad with chicken and the rigatoni pasta with chicken. Oh and g&ts on tap. Lets hope Heathrow immigration is kind to us when we land on Wednesday morning. (Side note - ba112 is currently packed with very few empty seats! Feels really good to have a full flight again! Hooray for BA!)
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Old Aug 10, 2021, 5:20 pm
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Originally Posted by layz
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.
Just for completeness, BA replied to a tweet I sent and confirmed there is no lounge in PRG at present. No mention of a voucher in lieu. Ive decided to go with FR.
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Old Aug 11, 2021, 3:10 am
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Originally Posted by CoweyB
Just for completeness, BA replied to a tweet I sent and confirmed there is no lounge in PRG at present. No mention of a voucher in lieu. Ive decided to go with FR.
Lounges at PRG (I've been to all of them) are meh and not worth a visit IMHO. I prefer the pub by the gate... better beer and food offering and you can see the queue to the security at gate and leave only when they start boarding.
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Old Aug 11, 2021, 3:36 am
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Happy (and somewhat surprised) to report that BA has now renewed the contract at DBV.

BA's name was reinstated in the list on oneworld's lounge database a few days ago and we were proactively told at check-in that the lounge was available yesterday.
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Old Aug 11, 2021, 5:55 am
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Originally Posted by Whitstabubble
Happy (and somewhat surprised) to report that BA has now renewed the contract at DBV.

BA's name was reinstated in the list on oneworld's lounge database a few days ago and we were proactively told at check-in that the lounge was available yesterday.
Rejoice that you're being given back something you had before! (...sounds familiar).
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