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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 Sep 1, 2021, 6:01 am
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 6:10 am
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Terminal 2 at NCE thoroughly depressing. Only four flights for the rest of the day, EUR20 voucher for BA pax travelling in CE from Starbucks, not for status pax in Y. Pretty much everything shut and terminal like a ghost town!
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 8:15 am
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Any guess/estimate when JNB will reopen? They’re flying 2x weekly now and based on the OW site I’m assuming it’s closed even on those two days? BA scheduled to go daily 28Sep.
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by Genius1
Per the oneworld website, Galleries Club North is open 05:00-15:00 every day except Tuesday and Wednesday at the moment.
I think now it seems that it is open everyday?
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 8:26 am
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Originally Posted by andymcdonnell
Oh I wasn’t aware it had reopened. Great, travelling to DXB in 2weeks so it’ll be good to check it out
Galleries First has been open since July 2020 - and the only lounge consistently open over that time period.
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 2:33 pm
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OWE here, doing JFK - LHR later this week. Is the First lounge (not CCR) open and is preflight dining available?

Happy to hear the LHR T5 arrivals lounge is open! Just in time for my flight, I got lucky. Always enjoyed taking a shower there after a red-eye.
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 2:55 pm
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Originally Posted by pharmflyer
Any thoughts on when they might open? flying out of BOS on 7 Sep and would love to have time in the lounge beforehand to get more sleep on the flight
I’m due to fly out on the 3rd and haven’t seen anything on a re-opening. Per the OneWorld site, it’s still closed and it looks like BA does not have an agreement with the Air France lounge. The “good” news is that at least the AF lounge is accessible via Priority Pass and does not seem to have limited access times.

Perhaps others have had a different experience.

As an aside, it looks like the terminal E extension will block the skyline view behind the bar.
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 3:33 pm
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Originally Posted by mhy
OWE here, doing JFK - LHR later this week. Is the First lounge (not CCR) open and is preflight dining available?
No, per the oneworld website the First lounge remains closed, but a limited waiter-service pre-flight dining menu is available in the Club lounge.
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 3:34 pm
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Originally Posted by HB7
I think now it seems that it is open everyday?
Indeed, the oneworld website was updated today - the lounge closes at 15:00 daily, although it seems Galleries Club South will now remain open until last flight.
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 4:06 pm
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 4:28 pm
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Does anyone have experience of lounges currently available in DXB? Oneworld site is showing the BA lounge still closed
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Old Sep 1, 2021, 4:38 pm
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Originally Posted by ryanbriar
I’m due to fly out on the 3rd and haven’t seen anything on a re-opening. Per the OneWorld site, it’s still closed and it looks like BA does not have an agreement with the Air France lounge. The “good” news is that at least the AF lounge is accessible via Priority Pass and does not seem to have limited access times.

Perhaps others have had a different experience.

As an aside, it looks like the terminal E extension will block the skyline view behind the bar.
Thanks! Let me know how that all goes - I don't have PP (or a card that includes it) so if it's shut then we'll just have to manage. I've been checking the OneWorld site religiously lol
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Old Sep 2, 2021, 2:33 am
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Originally Posted by Gavin C
Does anyone have experience of lounges currently available in DXB? Oneworld site is showing the BA lounge still closed
According to the BA and Dubai thread, although BA is back in T1 the BA lounge remains closed and pax are being offered the Marhaba lounge, which is opposite the BA lounge.
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Old Sep 2, 2021, 4:00 am
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Quick question about catering in the the Galleries S Club lounge. I usually use the F lounge so I know the set-up there, but this time there will 3 of us only one of whom is Gold (+ a Silver). I am not counting on getting the 3 of us through the dedicated F fast track straight into the lounge (but might that be possible on a quiet Saturday ??) and have not been in the Club lounge for a very long time. What food offerings can we expect in the Club lounge at lunchtime and is it all served with QR codes or are their self-service options also ?
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Old Sep 2, 2021, 4:05 am
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I can't answer your first question. But on food, yes it is all QR code ordered. Only water is self service. From memory, last week's hot food included Thai veg curry, chicken Thai curry and chilli con carne.

Last Saturday afternoon it was very busy and taking 15 mins for food and drink delivery.
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