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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 Jun 11, 2022, 10:34 am
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Is Hugo Junkers at DUS no longer available for BA pax? OW website says it opens at 0515 whereas Open Sky opens at 0830, which would be too late for my intended flight.
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Old Jun 11, 2022, 12:23 pm
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Escape lounge at Manchester now closed for the day well ahead of the 20:50 flight to LHR. This is hopeless, premium product 🤔
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Old Jun 11, 2022, 1:16 pm
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Originally Posted by TheFlyingCyclist
Escape lounge at Manchester now closed for the day well ahead of the 20:50 flight to LHR. This is hopeless, premium product 🤔
For those reading this in the future, the MAN lounge closes on Saturdays at 17:30. For the remainder of the week it closes at 19:45. Keep an eye on the dedicated MAN topic for updates: BA experience at Manchester
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Old Jun 11, 2022, 3:06 pm
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Originally Posted by flashware
You can still schlep over to T3 and use the AA lounge can't you, if coming from the US in Club?
AA Arrivals is open in T3 and broadly follows same entry rules as BA Arrivals lounge in T5 with slight tweaks, any passenger landing from a long-haul BA/AA or CX flight travelling in F or J only as well as Oneworld Emerald passengers (in any cabin) can access it. No guest entitlement and each passenger must meet access requirement. I have never personally tested using the AA Arrivals lounge after having landed at T5 though.
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Old Jun 14, 2022, 10:08 am
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Currently in The Diamond Lounge at Brussels Airport - nice and spacious with a reasonable selection of hot and cold food.

Also a great bonus beers including Stella Artois on Tap where you pour your own. Oh and real glass bottles of Coca Cola.

Even better not a mask in sight Belgium has gone from one extreme to another very quickly - thank god !!
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Old Jun 25, 2022, 5:46 am
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Is there not a lounge for BA customers in Catania with 2 flights daily ?
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Old Jun 25, 2022, 6:58 pm
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So... the OW website shows that none of the BA lounges at JFK open before 3pm. Is there really no lounge access at all for the morning 178? I remember reading that only the Club lounge is open for that flight, but even that says 3pm...
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Old Jun 25, 2022, 8:07 pm
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So... the OW website shows that none of the BA lounges at JFK open before 3pm. Is there really no lounge access at all for the morning 178? I remember reading that only the Club lounge is open for that flight, but even that says 3pm...
The Alaska lounge should be accessible still.
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Old Jun 25, 2022, 10:54 pm
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Originally Posted by BA6501
So... the OW website shows that none of the BA lounges at JFK open before 3pm. Is there really no lounge access at all for the morning 178? I remember reading that only the Club lounge is open for that flight, but even that says 3pm...
The OW website doesn’t do split opening times very well. There are BA lounges open in the morning at JFK.
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Old Jul 1, 2022, 8:29 am
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Does anyone know what the BA lounge situation in Dubai terminal 1 is? We have a flight in first and there used to be a smaller section for F passengers. Has that reopened?
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Old Jul 1, 2022, 9:06 am
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Originally Posted by firstlight
Does anyone know what the BA lounge situation in Dubai terminal 1 is? We have a flight in first and there used to be a smaller section for F passengers. Has that reopened?

hi

yes there is a separate section for f. I used it 2 weeks ago.. not sure how they actually entire entrance requirements.

Some chairs with tables beside them and a few booths which I think could seat 2 people so ideal for couples dining
it was OK. did not order much food ( but what I had was fine)as I had a good breakfast at the waldorf and would have lunch on board the ba 104 1215 dep
Seating was a little Cramped ( like the whole lounge generally( but only a few people in the lounge). Staff were good. Qr code ordering for food and some drinks
Regards

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Old Jul 1, 2022, 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
hi

yes there is a separate section for f. I used it 2 weeks ago.. not sure how they actually entire entrance requirements.
it was OK. did not order much food as I had a good breakfast at the waldorf and would have lunch on board the ba 104 1215 dep

Regards

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Old Jul 2, 2022, 1:24 pm
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Does anyone know the code of the day for July?
thanks in advance
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Old Jul 4, 2022, 3:11 pm
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As a oneworld emerald (AA exp flying business on another oneworld airline, Qatar), what are chances these days of getting into the ORD Galleries lounge?
I know I technically have access but also that this lounge has historically NOT let anyone not in BA business class in. I’ve certainly been turned away in the past but can’t honestly remember if I was oneworld emerald at the time.

TIA
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Old Jul 4, 2022, 3:12 pm
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Does anyone know the code of the day for July?
thanks in advance
In your app. same as wifi
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