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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 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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BA lounges : COVID-19 closures and reopenings

Old Oct 21, 2021, 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by LCSinTexas
Sorry to keep asking this, but I know no other way to find out -

Any word on when/if the Cabanas in CCR will open again? I just want to request one as soon as they are available to book, as I have a long layover my next F TATL trip.

TYIA

LcS
It was reported elsewhere on the forum that the cabanas will not be reopening as they are due to be converted to sleep pods...
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Old Oct 21, 2021, 8:27 am
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How many ******* sleep pods do we need? We have already lost the board room to them. No one uses them!
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Old Oct 21, 2021, 8:55 am
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Originally Posted by KARFA
How many ******* sleep pods do we need? We have already lost the board room to them. No one uses them!
I saw them in the F-lounge the other week for the first time - they were indeed all empty. I may have a 7-hour layover at LHR next month after only a couple hour's sleep, so I thought actually they might be a good facility to recover...but the more I think about it the more I think I'd never be able to properly sleep in such a 'public' place. Perhaps things are much better in the CCR, but don't others just find it weird to sleep in such a place?!!
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Old Oct 21, 2021, 9:08 am
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No lounges for BA passengers at CDG yet?
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Old Oct 21, 2021, 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by Lefly
No lounges for BA passengers at CDG yet?
Hi.

No iirc. Sorry

Regards

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Old Oct 21, 2021, 11:20 am
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Originally Posted by stevebintley
I saw them in the F-lounge the other week for the first time - they were indeed all empty. I may have a 7-hour layover at LHR next month after only a couple hour's sleep, so I thought actually they might be a good facility to recover...but the more I think about it the more I think I'd never be able to properly sleep in such a 'public' place. Perhaps things are much better in the CCR, but don't others just find it weird to sleep in such a place?!!
Never had an issue at DOH although admittedly it is overnight when most other people in the lounge are snoring their heads off too!
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 2:06 am
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Originally Posted by flashware
Never had an issue at DOH although admittedly it is overnight when most other people in the lounge are snoring their heads off too!
Perhaps not quite as public in Al Mourjan, based on my experience.

eg those close to the business centre...
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 6:39 am
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BA cancelled my flight from CDG and put me on a a later departure which reduces the buffer for my connection and means I have to spend even longer at CDG without a lounge to hang out in. Oh well.
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 6:58 am
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What is pre-flight dining like in the lounge for Gold member & guest travelling back from IAD in WTP? Thanks
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 9:30 am
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Ams reopening in November?

Check in staff told me and separately another gold pax this afternoon that lounge access is expected 'next month". Whether that's the BA lounge or a 3rd party option was not made clear.
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 11:14 am
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Are the opening times on the website accurate
- in particular GCN closing at 1900 on Saturdays?

I’m on a 2015 to GLA tomorrow night, and would rather not traipse all the way to GCS if possible!
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 11:43 am
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Originally Posted by Expatbear
Just waiting on a delayed BA 214 in the BOS lounge which has reopened - last week, according to the staff.


Self service drinks
Oooh! I see Harpoon IPA in the fridge. My all time favorite beer! I will definitely avail myself with some of those on a DO run next year! 😉
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 3:54 pm
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The BA lounge at LIN reopened today, joining the FCO reopening earlier this week. GVA reopens next week.
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 4:10 pm
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Probably an obvious question but I'd like to check in these times of madness...

...if I have a layover from ORD to LHR in JFK (F), I assume I can use the Concorde Lounge?
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Old Oct 22, 2021, 4:33 pm
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Originally Posted by RG1X
Probably an obvious question but I'd like to check in these times of madness...

...if I have a layover from ORD to LHR in JFK (F), I assume I can use the Concorde Lounge?
If you’re departing on a BA flight from JFK T7, yes you can use the Concorde Room.
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