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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 Dec 19, 2021, 10:00 am
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Was in the IAG Lounge at IST this morning - that is one serious sized undertaking and pretty tidy to.

Just thinking you can go from the sublime there to the ridiculous at INV when comparing sizes of venues available to BA Lounge Entrants !!
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Old Dec 19, 2021, 10:34 am
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Originally Posted by Pilot37
(Edit - appears to only be the Business Class section / will try and find out when the F portion is due to reopen)
I think ‘F portion’ is underselling the Qantas First lounge a little
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Old Dec 20, 2021, 5:33 pm
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AA lounge at CDG open

The AA lounge at CDG reopened last Monday. Noticed on oneworld lounge finder that it was no longer marked as temporarily closed and it was indeed open when I flew from there on Thursday.

Full buffet selection available at breakfast time.
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Old Dec 21, 2021, 2:23 am
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Originally Posted by Butts
Was in the IAG Lounge at IST this morning - that is one serious sized undertaking and pretty tidy to.

Just thinking you can go from the sublime there to the ridiculous at INV when comparing sizes of venues available to BA Lounge Entrants !!
Sorry there isnt an IAG lounge at IST....there is a contract lounge used by IAG airlines, its called the IGA lounge.
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Old Dec 21, 2021, 3:22 am
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Sorry there isnt an IAG lounge at IST....there is a contract lounge used by IAG airlines, its called the IGA lounge.
Whoops all those I,A and G's enough to induce a dyslexia complex !!

Whatever it's designation a fine establishment with a wonderful smoking terrace a feature singularly lacking at T5.
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Old Dec 21, 2021, 3:39 am
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Originally Posted by Butts
Whoops all those I,A and G's enough to induce a dyslexia complex !!

Whatever it's designation a fine establishment with a wonderful smoking terrace a feature singularly lacking at T5.
Personally a lack of a smoking terrace is my eyes is a good thing....
The lounge is alright, food options are decent, its just the bar is a bit lacking
But you are right, it is a big old lounge....
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Old Dec 21, 2021, 4:22 am
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OneWorld website shows San Diego open 06:00 - 13:00. Is anyone aware if it opens for the BA 272 departure around18:20?
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Old Dec 21, 2021, 6:55 am
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Hi All! Anyone happen to know the general lounge openings on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day? Due to fly both days this year. Hoping Galleries is still open on 24th but not much hope for the Aspire Lounge in BHD to be open on Boxing Day!

Thanks and Merry Christmas!
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Old Dec 25, 2021, 12:17 am
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All LHR BA south lounges are open this morning (didn’t check if north was open)
the ‘quick’ entrance to the Concorde room at security is closed though

Merry Christmas
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Old Dec 25, 2021, 1:22 am
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Originally Posted by gallagher
All LHR BA south lounges are open this morning (didn’t check if north was open)
the ‘quick’ entrance to the Concorde room at security is closed though

Merry Christmas
first lounge is very quiet this morning
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Old Dec 25, 2021, 2:18 am
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Originally Posted by Genius1
I think ‘F portion’ is underselling the Qantas First lounge a little
That is a fair point - it isn’t just a roped off section in the corner of the main lounge
First class lounge is currently scheduled to reopen in March - although the vibes coming from Qantas suggest they would like it to open earlier but sourcing staff and getting security clearances for them is one of the big issues at LAX currently.

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Old Dec 25, 2021, 11:46 am
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Some shots of the LHR T5 Galleries First catering from early October, as featured in my latest trip report: A Valencian Vista: The Ghost of British Midland International





This report also features a full review of the third party Joan Olivert VIP lounge at VLC.
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Old Dec 25, 2021, 1:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Genius1
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"Hand-roasted coffee" - I find my hands never get hot enough to roast anything. And don't even mention roasting nuts. Mine are usually quite chilly!

Merry Christmas to all! And if you don't celebrate christmas, Seasonal Facilitations to you!

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Old Dec 26, 2021, 3:28 am
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Is the BA EDI lounge open today 26th December? If not what option(s) do I have flying BA economy EC Silver?
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Old Dec 26, 2021, 3:31 am
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Originally Posted by gallagher
Is the BA EDI lounge open today 26th December? If not what option(s) do I have flying BA economy EC Silver?
https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=EDI

a very quick search on Oneworld lounge site with give you opening times
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