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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 Aug 21, 2020, 3:34 am
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Nachos under the hot dish category! In most restaurants this kind of plate will cost £1 or £2 and will be an appetiser at most. Thank you KARFA

Who knows, we might see Pringles as a hot dish in a few weeks...
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 3:36 am
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How was the pie?

I suppose at this stage we're not expecting T3 to reopen until next year, possibly Q2?
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 3:50 am
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The BA LHR team’s sense of humour continues, as today’s code for ordering food in the lounge is “austria”.
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 4:00 am
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Originally Posted by drwook
How was the pie?
It was very tasty. The Harrisa chicken is also very good, I had that last time and posted a photo here https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32583374-post805.html

I suppose at this stage we're not expecting T3 to reopen until next year, possibly Q2?
Quite possibly. Certainly not this year.
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by KARFA
It was very tasty. The Harrisa chicken is also very good, I had that last time and posted a photo here https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32583374-post805.html
I was pleasantly surprised by the food quality last weekend (first post-lockdown trip.) i really liked the harissa chicken too.
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 10:26 am
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Originally Posted by crazyanglaisy
Presumably this is also the menu now available in the rest of the First and Club lounges too?

From the look of the pie dish, it appears that they're plating up what used to be commonly available on the F lounge buffet. The less said about the nachos, the better.
Originally Posted by KARFA
I think it is the same as GF, but I think the GC differs.
For some reason the tortilla chips in First are allowed cheese but not the nachos the CCT menu. CCT menu is above.

First menu
Tortilla chips (options: chilli con carne, grated cheese, salsa, sour cream and chives)
Harissa chicken
Mushroom, red wine and tarragon pie
Soup of the day
Green salad
Wheatberry and cranberry salad
Mediterranean salad
Sandwiches
Cake of the day


Club
Chilli con carne
Spanish chickpeas and casoulet (with or without bulgar wheat)
Soup of the day
Thai green chicken and vegetable curry
Green salad
Wheatberry and cranberry salad
Mediterranean salad
Sandwiches
Cake of the day
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 10:33 am
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Originally Posted by drwook
I suppose at this stage we're not expecting T3 to reopen until next year, possibly Q2?
I suspect the terminal will be open Q4 this year, but doubt BA will return then, if at all.
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 10:55 am
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oh my. british people just need to give up ever attempting nachos--not until there is a proper tortilla chip in this country!

mind you, i'll still eat these and while i may have my battles with cheese, the most primary ingredient for nachos are chips and cheese! i dont care if the cheese comes from a can, it should be there!
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 1:32 pm
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Originally Posted by VSLover
oh my. british people just need to give up ever attempting nachos--not until there is a proper tortilla chip in this country!

mind you, i'll still eat these and while i may have my battles with cheese, the most primary ingredient for nachos are chips and cheese! i dont care if the cheese comes from a can, it should be there!

I was reading this thinking, yes the British don’t do nachos particularly well, then you mentioned cheese in a can.....probably the worst cheese conduit.

Your statement is now moot
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Old Aug 21, 2020, 2:35 pm
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I am almost expecting McDonalds to setup in the corner of the CCT, providing "food" for the Terrace and to take on the plane.

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Old Aug 22, 2020, 3:47 am
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I am almost expecting McDonalds to setup in the corner of the CCT, providing "food" for the Terrace and to take on the plane.

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Special ‘gold’ nuggets!
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Old Aug 22, 2020, 8:41 am
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The lounge at LIS is still closed for those that might be heading there now that the self isolation requirement has been lifted.

Go Natural does an acceptable breakfast but nothing to write home about.
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Old Aug 22, 2020, 1:20 pm
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The nachos were excellent. Rose champagne today had changed from Jeeper to Lanson Extra Age Rose, which I thought was fabulous.

Plus the harissa chicken was great.
(As was the ginger cake)
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Old Aug 22, 2020, 2:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Jed
Rose champagne today had changed from Jeeper to Lanson Extra Age Rose
Both are excellent and worthy of a first class lounge!

A few glasses even make us forgive them (BA) the 1990s public hospital style restrooms (seriously though, what kind of impression do those leave on foreign visitors 🤨 )
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Old Aug 22, 2020, 2:52 pm
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Originally Posted by EDDLEGLL
what kind of impression do those leave on foreign visitors 🤨
a large number probably think how wonderfully "British" it is
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