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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 Nov 12, 2021, 3:16 am
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Originally Posted by GumshoeW12
Pastries are now self serve.
Oh ok, thanks, nice of the online menu to tell you that!
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 3:46 am
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Is there any word on a potential reopening of the CPT and JNB lounges yet? With now daily and soon even double-daily services operating to both cities, reopening the lounges would seem sensible to me.
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 5:02 am
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Originally Posted by babyg_wc
surely good except for the scrambled eggs? they are strange, im not sure they are made from real fresh eggs.. rather some powdery weirdness
Yup, quite disgusting usually. I wish I could order a fried egg instead, pretty hard to make those from a powder. I seem to remember seeing some in the Arrivals Lounge a while back but I may have been dreaming. I'm usually quite tired if I'm in there!
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 5:27 am
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HI all, first time back to the states in 2.5 years in a few weeks. I know Galleries is reopen in ORD but is the preflight dining? I believe it's also now open to Club/Silver as well? I looked on the ord.yourmenu.cloud site but says lounge closed but not usre if thats due to it being the middle of the night there or because they've stopped the movile ordering. Thank you!!

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Old Nov 12, 2021, 6:29 am
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Originally Posted by peter.r.erskine
HI all, first time back to the states in 2.5 years in a few weeks. I know Galleries is reopen in ORD but is the preflight dining? I believe it's also now open to Club/Silver as well? I looked on the ord.yourmenu.cloud site but says lounge closed but not usre if thats due to it being the middle of the night there or because they've stopped the movile ordering. Thank you!!

Peter
Supposedly not re-opening until they've moved terminal. Who knows though.
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 8:23 am
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 8:24 am
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Originally Posted by Genius1
The BA lounge at EWR is now open.

Whilst the BA lounge at JNB remains closed, passengers can now use the Shongololo lounge.
Good news! Is there pre-flight club dining option at EWR do you know?

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Old Nov 12, 2021, 1:32 pm
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How does the closing time of LHR T5 arrivals lounge work? The OW website states 2pm - is that last entry at 14:00, or everyone out by then? I'm considering booking BA242 which arrives at 13:05, but I'll then be heading straight to a meeting so the opportunity for a shower would be greatly appreciated. I have a feeling I might be cutting it a bit fine, especially since I'd be travelling WT, so probably last to leave the plane!
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 1:48 pm
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Any update on T3 BA First lounge? When do they expect to reopen it? I am not looking forward to the cramped AMEX lounge and definitely dont want to experience the Galleries there.
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 1:53 pm
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Originally Posted by asnovici
Any update on T3 BA First lounge? When do they expect to reopen it? I am not looking forward to the cramped AMEX lounge and definitely dont want to experience the Galleries there.

Hi

I don't think there are any immediate plans to reopen galleries first in t3 as they have opened a separate roped off f/emerald section in t3 galleries club.

Have not heard many reports from the amex lounge.

Regards
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 2:15 pm
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
Hi

I don't think there are any immediate plans to reopen galleries first in t3 as they have opened a separate roped off f/emerald section in t3 galleries club.

Have not heard many reports from the amex lounge.

Regards
Tbs
What happens within the roped off area? Do they have champagne self serve and better food compared to the Galleries main area?
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 3:44 pm
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"Whilst the BA lounge at JNB remains closed, passengers can now use the Shongololo lounge.
Good news! Is there pre-flight club dining option do you know?''

Recently had the misfortune to use this lounge - seems like as it's one of the few lounges currently open in JNB most of the airlines are using it. When we went it was overcrowded with people searching for a free seat. The food offerings were disgusting, a couple things that could be microwaved and some chips/cheese and other junk food that was never replenished when it ran out. Liquor and wines were available and self serve though limited selection. It does empty out once the EK and AF flights leave but as did the food offerings. I think you can access the Slow lounge with priority pass which is a much better option until the BA lounge reopens
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Old Nov 12, 2021, 4:09 pm
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Originally Posted by asnovici
What happens within the roped off area? Do they have champagne self serve and better food compared to the Galleries main area?
Hi

Not sure as I have not seen any reports on visits yet here on ft.

Regards

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Old Nov 14, 2021, 6:46 am
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They are serving a really nice 2007 Saint-Emillon in GC T5B this afternoon, and will also bring champagne on demand if you’re not a fan of the Prosecco…
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Old Nov 14, 2021, 11:46 am
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Bit of a data point, but any SCH heading out of Gatwick, you'll receive a £30 voucher as opposed to access to the No 1 lounge.
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