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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 Feb 21, 2022, 6:27 pm
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Thank you - it does!
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Old Feb 21, 2022, 6:36 pm
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The arrivals lounge for flights into LGW used to be in the LGW Sofitel; but it's history.
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Old Feb 21, 2022, 8:01 pm
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Originally Posted by AM123
Just a note, on the list it says Sao Paulo GRU as having access to the LATAM lounge - this is no longer true since they left Oneworld but BA pax do have access to the AMEX lounge at GRU
FWIW, flying IB out of GRU in late November 2021, I was directed to the LATAM lounge, despite the exit of LA from OneWorld. Would have thought all IAG airlines would share the same lounges at outstations... Pity that's not the case. (My experience has been that the LATAM lounge is a bit nicer than AMEX in GRU).
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Old Feb 21, 2022, 9:34 pm
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Ditto - arrivals lounge in Gatwick was in Sofitel, many years ago now, is no more.
Definitely Heathrow for the arrivals lounge - shower, food, relaxation space.
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Old Feb 22, 2022, 6:47 am
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AA Lounge Updates:

DFW Flagship Lounge is due to reopen on March 2nd and Flagship First Dining reopens on March 3rd
LAX Flagship First Dining doesn't look to be coming back in the medium term, but the Flagship Lounge has been open for over a month now
ORD Flagship Lounge / Dining - no firm date but Spring (April) is the aim to reopen
LHR T3 AA Arrivals Lounge is apparently open again (not sure if that was mentioned previously)

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Old Feb 22, 2022, 8:34 am
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Originally Posted by checkerboard
FWIW, flying IB out of GRU in late November 2021, I was directed to the LATAM lounge, despite the exit of LA from OneWorld. Would have thought all IAG airlines would share the same lounges at outstations... Pity that's not the case. (My experience has been that the LATAM lounge is a bit nicer than AMEX in GRU).
The same was true in December at SCL (Santiago, Chile) where IB flyers could access the rather nice LATAM lounge but BA and AA customers were directed to a tiny (albeit new) lounge which didn't even have toilets (you were obliged to use the airport facilities) and had the most disappointing selection of food and drink I have ever had the misfortune of coming across! Apparently now all eligible Oneworld members have access to the Andes lounge which is somewhat better appointed.
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Old Feb 22, 2022, 9:37 am
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Originally Posted by checkerboard
FWIW, flying IB out of GRU in late November 2021, I was directed to the LATAM lounge, despite the exit of LA from OneWorld. Would have thought all IAG airlines would share the same lounges at outstations... Pity that's not the case. (My experience has been that the LATAM lounge is a bit nicer than AMEX in GRU).
GRU-LHR a few weeks ago on BA metal BA ticket, directed to the LATAM lounge by the check-in staff (and access permitted).
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Old Feb 23, 2022, 12:25 pm
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Originally Posted by Pilot37
AA Lounge Updates:

DFW Flagship Lounge is due to reopen on March 2nd and Flagship First Dining reopens on March 3rd
LAX Flagship First Dining doesn't look to be coming back in the medium term, but the Flagship Lounge has been open for over a month now
ORD Flagship Lounge / Dining - no firm date but Spring (April) is the aim to reopen
LHR T3 AA Arrivals Lounge is apparently open again (not sure if that was mentioned previously)

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Is there any news on the PHL Flagship Lounge opening yet?
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Old Feb 24, 2022, 1:13 pm
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A quick question (could not find answer in the 264 pages above):

Would the Galleries South (or indeed any other LHR T5 lounge) have the showers facilities re-opened/ available by now?
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Old Feb 24, 2022, 1:32 pm
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Originally Posted by Doors Closing
A quick question (could not find answer in the 264 pages above):

Would the Galleries South (or indeed any other LHR T5 lounge) have the showers facilities re-opened/ available by now?
Showers are between Galleries First and Concorde Room, level below Galleries South - and yes, they're open.
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Old Feb 24, 2022, 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Doors Closing
Would the Galleries South (or indeed any other LHR T5 lounge) have the showers facilities re-opened/ available by now?
Showers have been available since the lounges reopened after the first UK lockdown in 2020!
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Old Feb 24, 2022, 2:25 pm
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Hi

They are also available in galleries club in t5b

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Old Feb 25, 2022, 3:58 am
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Has anyone been through ARN recently? The OW site suggests the T2 lounge is open again now but I don't see it listed in the wiki here?
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 4:53 am
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Query on ACE, last time I flew out there was no BA lounge but the OW website does state one but I didn’t see it on the wiki, if nobody knows then I will report back on Sunday
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by Tryhard
Just to add to this - the CDG AA lounge is only open until 3pm at present, and there are very limited facilities airside with most shops and outlets in 2A and 2C also shut when I was there on Tuesday. No alternative lounges available.
And it's a hard shut at 3pm with an agent walking around at 2.59pm today to get people packed up and moving.
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