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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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Nov 7, 2021, 6:38 am

#3541

Butts

Join Date: Dec 2019

Programs: BA Silver

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluekjp

I wouldn't fully agree. There's no contest when it comes to breakfast: GC, A fat strewn dry bacon roll. GF: Build your own (English) breakfast with a long list of ingredients to pick from delivered on a large First Class plate, among other treats.

Thanks for that, I was obviously in at the wrong time of day.

Strange that it's still all waiter service in F whereas mostly help yourself in GC .

Nov 7, 2021, 6:40 am

#3542

Tobias-UK

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Butts

Thanks for that, I was obviously in at the wrong time of day.

Strange that it's still all waiter service in F whereas mostly help yourself in GC .

This is expected to continue indefinitely.

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Nov 7, 2021, 2:11 pm

#3543

nh1980

Join Date: Jan 2012

Location: London

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Posts: 1,051

The 4 times I've been in Galleries Club South recently, it has been rammed and bustling and I've not really wanted to linger. Trying to find a seat and a spare barcode to order always seems to involve encroaching on someone else/some group - entirely first world problem I know but having had GF access routinely for years it came as a shock! Food service is pretty prompt though.

I will likely also have Plaza Premium access when I next go to T5 in 2 weeks time - does anyone know how that compares to the GC lounges in terms of food, space, calmness? Next month onwards will be back to Gold/GF access so it's only an issue for this visit.

Nov 7, 2021, 8:43 pm

#3544

thegrailer

Join Date: May 2008

Location: WAS

Programs: AA Ex Plt

Posts: 1,630

Hi All -
I've read countless pages in this thread and can't quite figure out what's going on at T5 GF. It appears to still be waiter service - correct? Waiter service for booze too? (it has been a long time since I've been to the lounge, similar selections as in 2019?) Champagne yet? Checking for a late Nov flight back to the US.

Thanks
Cheers

Nov 8, 2021, 2:15 am

#3545

sdfamily

Join Date: Aug 2010

Posts: 191

At CDG now. No signs of life in AA or CX lounges. How does BA offer a competitive product on this route. Nothing else open in terminal. What a joke.

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Nov 8, 2021, 2:34 am

#3546

Mits10

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Posts: 70

Quote:

Originally Posted by thegrailer

In GF yesterday morning, hot breakfast food and alcohol was waiter service. Hot drinks and pastries were more of a queue up barista service.

Champagne has been back for a while in GF.

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Nov 8, 2021, 3:08 am

#3547

orbitmic

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sdfamily

At CDG now. No signs of life in AA or CX lounges. How does BA offer a competitive product on this route. Nothing else open in terminal. What a joke.

There is not much BA can do about that though... WIth today's reopening, I'd expect that AA operations will restart progressively and their lounge will reopen, but until that happens, it's not as though BA had specific options available to improve passengers' experience.

Nov 8, 2021, 6:05 am

#3548

sdfamily

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Quote:

Originally Posted by orbitmic

Air Tahiti Nui seems to figure it out...."From now on, the lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle is the "Salon Paul Maxence" located at Terminal 2A and the lounge in Los Angeles is the "Star Alliance Lounge" located at Tom Bradley on the 6th floor, Level 6 – Central atrium."

How hard can it be to pay the lounge. Oh...key word is pay.

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Nov 8, 2021, 11:53 am

#3549

Silly19

Join Date: Jan 2012

Location: San Pompé, CA/UK

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Posts: 73

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpeedbirdLHR

You should have been granted access as full oneworld rules apply. If that occurs then ask for a supervisor or manager.

Had a similar issue at SFO flying AS to PDX. Was refused entrance to the BA SFO Lounge.

First it was because of COVID, then limited capacity because of COVID and then, only BA passengers because of limited capacity because of COVID. Finally, I showed him the OneWorld website line “Access for eligible customers traveling on any oneworld member airline” but the gentleman at the counter said, "no, the website is not reliable and not updated regularly".

I'm fine if it was genially limited capacity however, arriving at 18:00 after the 17:10 had taken off and prior to the 21:20, the chances of hitting capacity seemed unlikely. There weren't any passengers at the checkin area as I headed to security.

Additionally, there are listings which say BA only such as LAX & the Star Alliance Lounge, which I'm fine with because its clear and informative.

Customer Service response was "We have raised this with our Loyalty team for you, so this will filtered down to the team in SFO. In the meantime if you are flying through SFO please ask the team to call us to clarify if they are unsure."

Will be interesting to see if anything changes or what the response is when denied again and I request they call GGL customer service.

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Nov 8, 2021, 12:28 pm

#3550

camdentown

Join Date: Jun 2013

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tobias-UK

This is expected to continue indefinitely.

I do hope not. There's no way that waiter service in GF could cope with a normal footfall in the lounge.
I also personally don't like waiter service very much, if you don't have a lot of time in the lounge, its too slow plus
the number of options food and drink wise are greatly reduced compared to help yourself.

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Nov 8, 2021, 12:38 pm

#3551

LancashireFlyer

Join Date: Mar 2021

Location: Near Manchester

Programs: BAEC Gold

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RG1X

I prefer Galleries T5B to the Flounge to be honest. What's important to me in a lounge is peace and quiet rather than food / drink (I don't do champagne anyway). Oh, and I DO NOT LIKE having to queue for the toilets, which has happened fairly frequently there (at least terrace side).

I do still use the first wing, but unless it's quiet (can't remember the last time), I'll just head right through.

Can you use T5B lounge if you aren't flying from B gates? I wouldn't mind having a stroll from A to C and back again to kill some time, and stopping off at the B lounge if it's quieter might be a plan?

Nov 8, 2021, 12:43 pm

#3552

The _Banking_Scot

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LancashireFlyer

Hi,

Yes you can. Just use the underground walkway (Level -4 from the A gates) with travelators from A to B to C and vv
Regards

TBS

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Nov 8, 2021, 1:25 pm

#3553

Genius1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tobias-UK

This is expected to continue indefinitely.

BA need to reconfigure the Refectory area then - lots of dead space where the hot plates and chillers are, if they’re never to be used again.

Nov 8, 2021, 2:47 pm

#3554

RG1X

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Quote:

Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot

Hi,

Yes you can. Just use the underground walkway (Level -4 from the A gates) with travelators from A to B to C and vv
Regards

TBS

They sometimes get confused and tell you that you can use the Flounge or that your flight will be leaving from another part of the terminal. I usually just respond that I like it there because it's generally quiet.

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