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BA lounges : COVID-19 closures and reopenings

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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BA lounges : COVID-19 closures and reopenings

Old Oct 11, 2020, 12:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Vgravity
Anyone know if the lounge at JER stays open until the 20.50 last BA flight off the day?
Yes.

The lounge is operated by BA's handling agents in JER so they will be there until you leave!
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Old Oct 11, 2020, 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by TraumaDoc
Yes.

The lounge is operated by BA's handling agents in JER so they will be there until you leave!
Thanks. Here now and it’s better than I expected!
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Old Oct 11, 2020, 1:40 pm
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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
Do you have to pay for wine at Club Aspire? Just checked them out online!
perhaps premium wines and spirits plus anything with bubbles but there’s a standard complementary red/white and spirits selection
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Old Oct 11, 2020, 1:47 pm
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Does anyone have a GF menu (wine and drinks) please?
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Old Oct 11, 2020, 1:47 pm
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Am I right in thinking that the Club Aspire lounge is in use at Gatwick currently? It appears on the OneWorld site, but yet to find anything from BA themselves.
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Old Oct 11, 2020, 1:57 pm
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Originally Posted by jwhite9185
Am I right in thinking that the Club Aspire lounge is in use at Gatwick currently? It appears on the OneWorld site, but yet to find anything from BA themselves.
Yes. I flew out of LGW last month and that's were they told me to go at Check in.
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Old Oct 11, 2020, 2:04 pm
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Originally Posted by jwhite9185
Am I right in thinking that the Club Aspire lounge is in use at Gatwick currently? It appears on the OneWorld site, but yet to find anything from BA themselves.
While it may not be entirely clear ba.com does list the Aspire Lounge under lounges for LGW:
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...london-gatwick
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Old Oct 12, 2020, 11:21 am
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Originally Posted by TGLoyalty
The PP lounge is club aspire which isn’t worth checking out at all

Premium Plaza available if you are an Amex Platinum cardholder and is Ok but the BA First and CCT lounges are better
Agreed Plaza Premium isn't bad (thou they charge you for bubbles!)... Aspire=dire
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Old Oct 12, 2020, 11:27 am
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Is Aspire at Gatwick the one in the basement level? I used it once flying QR; it's rare I look forward quite so much to moving from the lounge to the aircraft!
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Old Oct 12, 2020, 12:30 pm
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Originally Posted by drwook
Is Aspire at Gatwick the one in the basement level? I used it once flying QR; it's rare I look forward quite so much to moving from the lounge to the aircraft!
Level 1. But I wouldn't call it a basement level as it is still above ground with windows. Also see:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32599238-post922.html
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Old Oct 12, 2020, 1:18 pm
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Originally Posted by jerry a. laska
While it may not be entirely clear ba.com does list the Aspire Lounge under lounges for LGW:
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...london-gatwick
As does the oneworld website: https://www.oneworld.com/airport-lounges?location=LGW
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Old Oct 13, 2020, 2:09 am
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Wow, better memory than me Jerry Trying to remember if those were the same lounge though as I think that post was alluding to one before a different flight; probably is and I'm having a senior moment!
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Old Oct 13, 2020, 5:03 am
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Originally Posted by drwook
Wow, better memory than me Jerry .....
Not many better memories than Jerry's. He's like a living google. I've followed his links to past threads many times!
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Old Oct 13, 2020, 1:31 pm
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Change of menus

Good evening all,

I have a midday flight in few days (13:15 dep) and trying to find out from what time the hot food options are available to order in the club lounge? Rather have an early lunch then a late breakfast. Being scrolling through the posts but unable to find any info. Apology if it has been answered.

Thank you.
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Old Oct 13, 2020, 1:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Mikele
I have a midday flight in few days (13:15 dep) and trying to find out from what time the hot food options are available to order in the club lounge? Rather have an early lunch then a late breakfast. Being scrolling through the posts but unable to find any info. Apology if it has been answered.
Given the absence of buffets these days, I believe the same to-order menu is offered all day, switching from breakfast to lunch at 12:00.
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