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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 16, 2021, 6:49 am
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Originally Posted by BrianDromey
With AA still having JFK at T5, I wonder if access to the CCR is allowed on that basis? Mind you it does not sound like the OP is coming from JFK if they are into T3 in the first place.

Hi,

I believe it is allowed.

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Old Nov 16, 2021, 7:56 am
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Originally Posted by champignon
One thing to note is that unless you are flying in on AA from JFK, you will probably arrive at terminal 3, not terminal 5, where your FCO connection leaves from and where the CCR is located. So your 3.5 hour layover in that case would be reduced by the time needed to change terminals, which will unfortunately include having to cross the UK border as there is no way to change from terminal 3 to terminal 5 without entering the UK. In this case, if you are arriving in terminal 3, you could eat up a significant part of your connection time in changing terminals, and might have considerably less than 3.5 hours available to spend in the lounge.
Unless something has changed, I was under the impression that one can still transfer between t3 and t5 airside without having to cross the UK border? I have a t3-t5 transfer next week and have planned according to the idea that I wouldn’t need to enter the UK.

Also, and forgive me if this is the incorrect forum for this question, but what has been the dining options recently at JFK t7 GF? Is pre-flight supper still offered for those in J and are the options substantial enough to not have to dine on the red eye into lhr?

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Old Nov 16, 2021, 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by fender5787
Unless something has changed, I was under the impression that one can still transfer between t3 and t5 airside without having to cross the UK border? I have a t3-t5 transfer next week and have planned according to the idea that I wouldn’t need to enter the UK.

Also, and forgive me if this is the incorrect forum for this question, but what has been the dining options recently at JFK t7 GF? Is pre-flight still supper offered for those in J and are the options substantial enough to not have to dine on the red eye into lhr?
Hi

Yes you are right re transfer from t3 to t5. Take the airside flight connections bus and go through transit security without passing immigration
this assumes one ticket or 2 tickets with no checked bags
if on 2 separate tickets and with checked bags then you will need to collect them at lhr

Not sure on the jfk t7 gf dining as it just reopened last week.

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Old Nov 16, 2021, 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
Hi

Yes you are right re transfer from t3 to t5. Take the airside flight connections bus and go through transit security without passing immigration
this assumes one ticket or 2 tickets with no checked bags
if on 2 separate tickets and with checked bags then you will need to collect them at lhr

Not sure on the jfk t7 gf dining as it just reopened last week.

Regards
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Great, that’s what I figured. Thanks TBS!
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 9:17 am
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There is another thread on FT having to do with passengers arriving on AA F, and pointing to BA online documentation that long haul AA passengers flying in Flagship First do in fact have access to the CCR. I believe this came about because of the continued arrival of the AA JFK flights at LHR T5, and has been confirmed on that thread by actual passengers arriving in F on AA to terminal 5. I'd be very surprised if the CCR staff would refuse entry to transferring AA passengers who arrived at T3 and who have onward connections at T5 with BA, but then I have been surprised before.

As to transferring between T3 and T5, I had forgotten about the bus, but then I stopped using that bus a number of years ago when I waited literally an hour and a half to get on one of those buses in the past due to large crowds, few buses, and BA or LHR staff refusing entry to anyone whose connection wasn't imminent; I nearly missed my connection as a result and since then have passed through immigration and taken the free train between terminals. Perhaps the bus situation has improved, I don't know. Pre-covid, passing through immigration and taking the train was a <30 minute proposition, and since you need to clear security however you make the terminal transfer, that was not a factor.

The OP didn't say whether he or she was coming in from JFK, or arriving at T3 vs T5, so the terminal transfer might not be an issue in any event.
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 2:38 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.

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There is no roped off area. The T3 First lounge is open but not via the main reception area. All customers enter via the Club reception and then customers eligible for First are invited in via a door directly opposite the Guest Services desks.
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 2:39 pm
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Last week I was behind someone arguing the toss at the CCR entrance over being allowed in on a QR flight. What’s the score with that, and does being booked on BA codes (in J, I’m not made of money), make any difference?
He was successful but it got me thinking.
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 2:41 pm
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A CCR card holder on any oneworld airline gets CCR access - this was always the case and clear in the lounge eligibility guide.

I haven't seen anything which suggests the extension to all GGLs changes this.
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 2:43 pm
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Originally Posted by champignon
There is another thread on FT having to do with passengers arriving on AA F, and pointing to BA online documentation that long haul AA passengers flying in Flagship First do in fact have access to the CCR. I believe this came about because of the continued arrival of the AA JFK flights at LHR T5, and has been confirmed on that thread by actual passengers arriving in F on AA to terminal 5. I'd be very surprised if the CCR staff would refuse entry to transferring AA passengers who arrived at T3 and who have onward connections at T5 with BA, but then I have been surprised before.
Have you got a link to that thread? I did have a search on the AA board but can't find it.

I seem to think CK did get access to the CCT but AA F didn't? Anyone else remember?
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 3:44 pm
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Hi all,
I have searched this thread, but failed to find an answer. I’m BA Silver and flying AY economy in January, LHR-HEL from Terminal 3. Which lounge will I be able to access? No 1 or BA GC?
If, on the off-chance, I were to have access to both, any recommendations.
Any advice much appreciated.
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 3:48 pm
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Originally Posted by chilglish
Hi all,
I have searched this thread, but failed to find an answer. I’m BA Silver and flying AY economy in January, LHR-HEL from Terminal 3. Which lounge will I be able to access? No 1 or BA GC?
If, on the off-chance, I were to have access to both, any recommendations.
Any advice much appreciated.
Hi

Certainly the BA lounge.
Also the Qantas lounge is currently forecast to open in December (date tbc) so that would be an option
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 5:53 pm
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Originally Posted by KARFA
Have you got a link to that thread? I did have a search on the AA board but can't find it.

I seem to think CK did get access to the CCT but AA F didn't? Anyone else remember?
I don't have time now to reread the whole thread to confirm, however I think that post #62 on this thread: Concierge Key & Flagship First Access to LHR Concorde Room. Reciprocal benefit? and the link it provides to this one (below) confirms at least what I have READ. I don't have any personal experience however I will be flying into and out of T5 on AA flights from/to JFK in December, so I hope it is true!


(#8 on this thread): https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33650855-post8.html
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Old Nov 16, 2021, 11:09 pm
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Does anyone know the current food spread in the IAD Galleries Club at this time in the regular area ( not pre-flight dining ). I would be flying another oneworld airline thus I am trying to see if it's worth heading to the BA Lounge. If the offerings are finger sandwiches, soups, cookies and crisps, I wouldn't bother with the BA lounge and head straight to the TK Lounge which the airline I'm flying is contracting.
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Old Nov 17, 2021, 5:12 am
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Does anyone know the current food spread in the IAD Galleries Club at this time in the regular area ( not pre-flight dining ). I would be flying another oneworld airline thus I am trying to see if it's worth heading to the BA Lounge. If the offerings are finger sandwiches, soups, cookies and crisps, I wouldn't bother with the BA lounge and head straight to the TK Lounge which the airline I'm flying is contracting.
At table service for food & drinks - had the BA burger there last time (came with crisps rather than chips though) - similar setup to UK BA lounges with QR code online menu/ordering. Other snack are available as before with self-service.
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Old Nov 17, 2021, 4:24 pm
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
Hi

Certainly the BA lounge.
Also the Qantas lounge is currently forecast to open in December (date tbc) so that would be an option
regards
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Many thanks TBS!
I have heard a fair few negative comments about the BA lounge. Would you recommend the Qantas if open?
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