Which British Airways lounges can I use with a British Airways Executive Club Silver card?  

Which British Airways lounges can you use with a British Airways Executive Club Silver card?

Today I want to look at which British Airways lounges you can access with a British Airways Executive Club Silver card.

Executive Club is British Airways’ frequent flyer program, allowing you to earn Avios and tier points in return for continued loyalty.

Lounge access is one of the perks that many people aspire too when the travel. Nothing beats escaping the crowds of a busy terminal and settling down with some free wine or champagne before a long flight. On some flights, British Airways offers ‘sleeper services’ which allow you to dine in the lounge and enjoy an undisturbed nights’ rest on the flight.

Of course, the lounges are not open to all, and British Airways offers several tiers of lounges depending on your status or booked fare. At Heathrow Terminal 5, British Airways offers three Galleries Club lounges, a Galleries First and the Concorde Room – the most prestigious offering.

Luckily as a Silver card holder, you are entitled to access any of the British Airways Galleries Club lounges or oneworld business-class equivalents.

At London Heathrow Terminal 5 there are three separate lounges you can use – Galleries Club South (main building), Galleries Club North (main building) and the Galleries at the Terminal 5B satellite.

If you want to try the Galleries First or Concorde Room lounges, however, you will have to go for Gold or Gold Guest List status. You can find out more about how to get a British Airways Gold card in this article.

At London Gatwick a Silver card holder, plus a guest, can use the main BA lounge but not the adjacent First Class area.  I reviewed the London Gatwick British Airways lounges here.

British Airways does not have a lounge at London City Airport.

You can check out what lounges you can use globally, even when flying oneworld partner airlines and not British Airways, on the oneworld alliance website site.

(This article is part of our ‘BA Q&A’ series which explains how British Airways Executive Club works.  You can see all of our ‘BA Q&A’ articles here. )

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.