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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 7, 2021, 2:35 am
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Used the T5 Arrivals lounge around 12pm on Saturday.

Very quiet, buffet closed except bottled water was available to take. Ordering was at individual tables through QR code like in the departure lounges. Hot food selection was very limited, possibly due to the hour I visited - only a soup option was available. Pastries, coffee, etc were available.

Showers were available.

Not sure about the “cabanas” or Concorde Breakfast Room as I was in Club World.
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Old Sep 7, 2021, 8:35 am
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CCR after 15:00

Originally Posted by megaloman
CCR is open, till 14:30, then pax will be moved to the terrace (CCR one).
At ~14:55, we were informed that we could sit on the terrace connected to the CCR, but in order to access the restrooms and chargers, we were instructed to walk across the fire escape connecting to the CCT. I haven’t tried it yet and it was evident that this was the first time they were trying this setup.

It’s too bad that they close the CCR at 15:00, but at least this is somewhat of a middle ground.

FWIW, I was able to order a full meal at 14:30 without issue. Not sure if they began to turn anyone away at a certain time.
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Old Sep 7, 2021, 9:19 am
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Originally Posted by Genius1
If it’s not in the wiki, there is no lounge available. You can also check oneworld.com/lounges.

Where BA have an active contract with a third party lounge, you can guest.
Can confirm: BA no longer pays for lounge access at Munich so access prohibited.

That'll go down well on this flight which has 14 rows of Club.

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Old Sep 7, 2021, 3:07 pm
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At YYZ current,y and asked about the lounge despite knowing the answer. The gate agent said tons of people were asking. That the traffic that’s returned is heavily business ie club and status pax and he doesn’t know why it’s not open yet despite having two flights a day now. He didn’t have any info on when it might open.
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Old Sep 7, 2021, 3:34 pm
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Originally Posted by tattikat2
So does anyone know what is being offered at SFO to premium pax currently before the lounge reopens?

Thanks for any replies
The new AS Lounge has opened in the old AA space at T2 Concourse D where you do not have to pay for an AA beer greater than Coors Light and can secure a glass of sparkling wine vs the AA offering of a white wine spritzer.

But it is a hike with clearing security each way. TSA Pre/CLEAR obv helps speed up that process.
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Old Sep 7, 2021, 8:23 pm
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As the Qatar Airways Al Safwa First Class lounge has opened last month, I am adding it to the WIKI.
When BA resumes service to Doha, First Class passengers would be able to access this lounge.
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Old Sep 8, 2021, 7:46 am
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LYS third party lounge remains closed (as are most of the shops/facilities in T1)
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Old Sep 9, 2021, 8:54 am
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BLQ (Bologna) lounge now accepting BA passengers once more. It stopped last November and finally the agreement has been renewed. Iberia has had lounge access throughout this period
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Old Sep 10, 2021, 11:40 am
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Hi,
now at the ba edinburgh lounge for the 1945 to lhr.
Everything is staff served from the food area.
sandwiches available as well as panini
Usual selection of alcohol.

Bottles of harrogate water 500ml available for self service
No fast track open at security although not needed as walked straight to the main security checkpoint.
All display monitors in the lounge are out of order
boarding split into 2 lanes
priority groups 1 2 3 and
general boarding

regards

Tbs

Looks like we might be late leaving. Ac arrived on stand at 1915 and pax still coming out now at 1929


Now on board.

Passenger behind me in the queue had a hard case for a musical instrument on his back but overheard the gate agents check that he had bought an extra seat and was allowed to board first.
being the third to board I was able to put my carry on directly over my row 1 seat.
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Old Sep 10, 2021, 1:05 pm
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Out of interest TBS

Is the alchohol ordered via an App, or still self service?
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Old Sep 10, 2021, 1:12 pm
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Bolero lounge at Warsaw now open to BA customers.
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Old Sep 10, 2021, 2:32 pm
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Originally Posted by Thrifty Scotsman
Out of interest TBS

Is the alchohol ordered via an App, or still self service?

Hi,

No app at Edi . You ask the staff for all the drinks inc alcohol and coffee ( apart from the self serve 500ml water bottles) but apparently no problem with multiple drinks at once as a gentleman in the row of seats in front of me had 2 cans of Heineken at once coming back from the bar area.

Also some bananas and tangerines available.

Regards

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Old Sep 10, 2021, 3:16 pm
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I was doing a bit of reverse Google searching on the oneworld site and it pulled up Venice and Copenhagen as now accepting BA passengers.
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Old Sep 10, 2021, 4:09 pm
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A number of third party lounges are now open to BA passengers again - Dublin and Valencia to name two more in response to recent posts.
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Old Sep 10, 2021, 7:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Raffles
I was doing a bit of reverse Google searching on the oneworld site and it pulled up Venice and Copenhagen as now accepting BA passengers.
The Venice change must have been in the past few days. The Marco Polo lounge was not accepting BA passengers on Tuesday. Confirmed by both the check in agent and the lounge agent.
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