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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 Mar 2, 2022, 7:59 am
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Originally Posted by stevebintley
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?
I haven't flown Oneworld out of ARN in the past weeks, but the American Express Pontus lounge is open and the food looked good. That might be another option - before emigration.
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 8:07 am
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Originally Posted by mcmichael
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
Apologies, too late to help you now, but when I flew out of ACE at the end of Jan the Guacimeta lounge was open. It's not the fanciest but has comfortable seats and a decent selection of drinks and cold food, including salads and sandwiches. There's an outdoor terrace as well which is lovely in the sun.
Word to the wise - the lounge isn't big, and was also working to COVID capacity constraints. We got in fine, probably about 1 hour 45 mins before BA2733 departed. Shortly after, however, it went to 'one in, one out' with a long queue of cross-looking passengers waiting outside.
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 8:16 am
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Originally Posted by speedbird66
Apologies, too late to help you now, but when I flew out of ACE at the end of Jan the Guacimeta lounge was open. It's not the fanciest but has comfortable seats and a decent selection of drinks and cold food, including salads and sandwiches. There's an outdoor terrace as well which is lovely in the sun.
Word to the wise - the lounge isn't big, and was also working to COVID capacity constraints. We got in fine, probably about 1 hour 45 mins before BA2733 departed. Shortly after, however, it went to 'one in, one out' with a long queue of cross-looking passengers waiting outside.
Are you allowed to smoke on the outdoor terrace ?
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 8:41 am
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Yes smoking is allowed on the terrace.
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 9:16 am
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Originally Posted by markmac
Yes smoking is allowed on the terrace.
Excellent, will bear that in mind for future trips - thanks.

Out of interest for us (literally dying off) bunch of smokers are there any Airline Lounges that still have smoking facilities within The Lounge itself ?
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 11:11 am
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Can anyone speak to the reopening of the PHL lounge? I believe it just reopened and was wondering if it was up to par to the Admirals Club in B/C
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 2:55 pm
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Has Qantas First Lounge at LAX reopened yet? I have BA-268 tomorrow night (4 March).
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 3:20 pm
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Originally Posted by backdoc
Has Qantas First Lounge at LAX reopened yet? I have BA-268 tomorrow night (4 March).
Still closed per https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=LAX and https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-...nges%3Aen%3Ann
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 4:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Butts
Excellent, will bear that in mind for future trips - thanks.

Out of interest for us (literally dying off) bunch of smokers are there any Airline Lounges that still have smoking facilities within The Lounge itself ?
Preslav lounge in SOF has massive smoking room, TLL has outdoor terrace like ACE (and TFS, though I'm not sure if smoking is still allowed there), CMN lounge has quite big smoking area downstairs. There might be others, these were just from the top of my head.
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Old Mar 2, 2022, 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by artemis908
Can anyone speak to the reopening of the PHL lounge? I believe it just reopened and was wondering if it was up to par to the Admirals Club in B/C
It was open when I walked past last week and looked much better than the dreary AC.
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Old Mar 3, 2022, 12:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Butts
Excellent, will bear that in mind for future trips - thanks.

Out of interest for us (literally dying off) bunch of smokers are there any Airline Lounges that still have smoking facilities within The Lounge itself ?
BSL has an outdoor terrace, with great views of the runway. It's on the Schengen side though so keep an eye on queues for passport control.
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Old Mar 6, 2022, 4:19 am
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LHR T3

I’m oneworld Emerald (BA gold) travelling in Business. Travelling with a friend (no status) but also in business.

We were thinking of a LHR T3 lounge tour. Look at BA/QF/CX. I know I can take one guest only. Also can’t take different people into different lounges, but can I take the same person into 3 lounges or does that count as 3 guests?

Assume CX F is the best of the 3 still?

Also as mentioned above does anyone know if the QF dining and gin bar is still closed with only upstairs buffet as mentioned a few months ago upthread?

Many thanks
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Old Mar 6, 2022, 4:29 am
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Originally Posted by george77300
I’m oneworld Emerald (BA gold) travelling in Business. Travelling with a friend (no status) but also in business.

We were thinking of a LHR T3 lounge tour. Look at BA/QF/CX. I know I can take one guest only. Also can’t take different people into different lounges, but can I take the same person into 3 lounges or does that count as 3 guests?

Assume CX F is the best of the 3 still?

Also as mentioned above does anyone know if the QF dining and gin bar is still closed with only upstairs buffet as mentioned a few months ago upthread?

Many thanks
I was in T3 last week on the way to BCN, and yes IMHO the CX First lounge still is a cut above most other lounges at Heathrow, however, I haven't been in the CCR yet!
I have guested the same person into 3 lounges at T3 back in the day, so I am pretty sure it's allowed, others may know different.
Be aware that the Cathay Lounge, Business, and First shut at 1730hrs at the moment, so bear that in mind. The A La Carte dining is in operation in the first lounge, so enjoy!
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Old Mar 6, 2022, 4:41 am
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Originally Posted by m8_rotate
I was in T3 last week on the way to BCN, and yes IMHO the CX First lounge still is a cut above most other lounges at Heathrow, however, I haven't been in the CCR yet!
I have guested the same person into 3 lounges at T3 back in the day, so I am pretty sure it's allowed, others may know different.
Be aware that the Cathay Lounge, Business, and First shut at 1730hrs at the moment, so bear that in mind. The A La Carte dining is in operation in the first lounge, so enjoy!
Thanks for the speedy reply. May have a quick look around the other two. But I’d imagine CX F Dining will be the main event. Flight at 1500 so closing isn’t an issue for any. (Even QF that closes at 1400 I believe)
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Old Mar 6, 2022, 5:41 pm
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Originally Posted by backdoc
Has Qantas First Lounge at LAX reopened yet? I have BA-268 tomorrow night (4 March).
As above - still closed. There was a note on the door redirecting to the ‘One World’ lounge but that was closed too.


Currently in the BOS BA lounge hoping to try my first F dining but that is closed. And the showers are apparently ‘not working’, or just closed. The Barton is the only Mr Lyon’s cocktail available and is made with some pre-mixed base, which for some reason is Gordons not Tanqueray, and tastes like lemonade.
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