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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 Jan 9, 2022, 5:47 am
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On my additions to the wiki 1st sorry was done from my phone and couldn't get editing to make the airport/ location to appear in the other color ( if anyone could sort that then thanks).

Nassau is tiny and loathsome. When we went we were given two drinks vouchers and told we could order one dish off the, laughable, menu. No guesting citing size constraints which on entering was understandable. Table service only and rude staff will dictate where you sit for no discernible reason.

When I raised the limited allowance with BA they said they pay for a full service/ unrestricted provision going so far to send me a redacted part copy of the contract and actually thanking me for bringing it to their attention and assurance they'd chase it up and have the proper service provided. That said the entire place isn't worth getting to early either in or out of the lounge. - visited late Sept 21

UVF was good seating and full provision. Table service if you catch their eye but you can also go to the bar yourself. for BA status and J/ F pax it was anything goes but I did witness additional charges being given to PP / Paid entry pax asking for champagne ( well prosecco) and some top ( middle imo) spirits. Also fine guesting in as per BA normal policy as we each brought a person in. Overall not that exciting a place but better than the terminal. - visited mid-late Nov 21
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Old Jan 9, 2022, 10:11 am
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Is the T5 arrivals lounge open. Arriving tomorrow morning from EZE. Thanks

update. Just seen it’s Tuesday 11 Jan
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Old Jan 9, 2022, 12:25 pm
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
a friend was there yesterday, his words "woeful"

Didnt realise they'd undergone such an improvement! Obtaining "woeful" status is a radical change for BA T3. I've always assumed that it's proactively staffed with those about to retire and have stopped caring or those so surly in general demeanor that they've amassed high double digit complaints whilst working in T5. When your lounge experience is beaten by an Admirals Club then you really should realise somethings amiss
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Old Jan 9, 2022, 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by TWCLAM
Didnt realise they'd undergone such an improvement! Obtaining "woeful" status is a radical change for BA T3. I've always assumed that it's proactively staffed with those about to retire and have stopped caring or those so surly in general demeanor that they've amassed high double digit complaints whilst working in T5. When your lounge experience is beaten by an Admirals Club then you really should realise somethings amiss
Only Muppets go to the BA lounge in T3
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Old Jan 9, 2022, 1:00 pm
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Originally Posted by PGberkshire
Only Muppets go to the BA lounge in T3
I mean tbf if you're doing a T3 Lounge Run( in more normal times at least) then you have to do them all. So a glass of bubbles before beating a hasty retreat is acceptable.

Also you have to be fair to those without status who have no other choice but to use it.

Controversial as it is, I always rated the Club lounge at LGW( S) higher than any at LHR simply on the basis one could free pour their own champagne as opposed to at T3 or 5 where asking for a glass is oft met with a look akin to you having asked said staff member for a go on their sainted grandmother
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Old Jan 9, 2022, 1:22 pm
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Originally Posted by TWCLAM
I mean tbf if you're doing a T3 Lounge Run( in more normal times at least) then you have to do them all. So a glass of bubbles before beating a hasty retreat is acceptable.

Also you have to be fair to those without status who have no other choice but to use it.

Controversial as it is, I always rated the Club lounge at LGW( S) higher than any at LHR simply on the basis one could free pour their own champagne as opposed to at T3 or 5 where asking for a glass is oft met with a look akin to you having asked said staff member for a go on their sainted grandmother


If you dont have status and you can use BA, you can also use CX/Qantas....as a business or first passenger


I do miss self pour
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Old Jan 9, 2022, 3:23 pm
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Originally Posted by northeastflyer
Hi. Although not included in the lists in this thread, the oneworld website states that there's currently lounge access in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. Can anyone confirm if this is actually true? I'm flying business but also oneworld emerald/BA Gold. Thanks.
Yes, lounge is available for BA customers, but nothing special. I was last in the beginning of December, coffee, soft drinks and snacks were self-serve, for hot food, sandwiches and alcohol you had to queue up and ask what they have as I didn't see any menu anywhere.
As a Gold in CE you should be safe but they can sometimes make up their own entry rules, in October I was denied access as Silver in ET, according to dragon lounge was only for Golds. She would have been more than happy to let me in if I paid for access and was little bit less happy when I produced my PP card.
I did write to BA about it and their answer was basically "bla-bla-bla, excrement occurs, yada-yada-yada, sorry but not sorry".
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Old Jan 9, 2022, 3:48 pm
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If the BA offering for Gold cardholders is "woeful" at the moment, how is the QF offering? We're flying out Friday morning, so it's a possibility. Is it worth it for a decent breakfast?
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Old Jan 10, 2022, 11:21 pm
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I'm not sure if this is the correct thread but Dublin T1's DAA lounge now doesn't open until 8.30 rendering it unusable for BA831.
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Old Jan 11, 2022, 2:12 am
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San Diego Airspace lounge located by gate 33 in terminal 2 now available on four days per week. Check in agent advised no lounge and this was supported by OneWorld lounge database site which stated lounge only open from 06:00 to 13:00 daily. Airport website shows that these hours only apply Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday while the other four days see a closing time of 19:00 which suits the BA departure at 18:20. Not sure why this change of hours has not made it to the check in agents.

Tried it out and was accepted at the entrance as a BA passenger. Agent told me that this is based on cabin or status but not many BA passengers visit. We were both given a $10 premium drinks voucher which was good for one drink each. Toilets and shower in the lounge. It was not busy - perhaps 20 people last Friday before BA272. Food offering poor and we left after 20 minutes to eat elsewhere. If you are flying on a day when the lounge is closed, relax - you are not really missing anything.

The terminal was pretty quiet prior to BA departure with only the London and a Vancouver flight departing from the pier used by BA.
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Old Jan 11, 2022, 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by u01sss3
I'm not sure if this is the correct thread but Dublin T1's DAA lounge now doesn't open until 8.30 rendering it unusable for BA831.
Weirdly this is only the case on Tuesdays

https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=DUB
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Old Jan 11, 2022, 9:14 am
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Originally Posted by TWCLAM

Controversial as it is, I always rated the Club lounge at LGW( S) higher than any at LHR simply on the basis one could free pour their own champagne as opposed to at T3 or 5 where asking for a glass is oft met with a look akin to you having asked said staff member for a go on their sainted grandmother
Originally Posted by PGberkshire

I do miss self pour
Selfpour has be enabled in T5(south at least)

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Old Jan 11, 2022, 10:50 am
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Just a note that the First dining section of the SFO lounge is closed. Note added to wiki.

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Old Jan 12, 2022, 2:59 am
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London Air Travel reported this morning that the Cathay Pacific First Class and Business Class lounges at Heathrow have reopened

Currently, the lounges are open from 05:30 to 17:30 from Monday to Saturday and from 07:00 to 17:30 on Sunday. These should no doubt change when evening flights to Hong Kong restart.
https://londonairtravel.com/2022/01/...dDjOvCALZNZWNQ
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Old Jan 12, 2022, 3:09 am
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Originally Posted by Prospero
London Air Travel reported this morning that the Cathay Pacific First Class and Business Class lounges at Heathrow have reopened
Fantastic news... completely regretting my 90 minute connection T2 to T3 in a couple of weeks time now. Wish it was four hours.

I love those lounges!
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