{"id":22286,"date":"2025-02-24T19:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T19:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=22286"},"modified":"2025-02-24T19:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T19:28:46","slug":"my-review-of-british-airways-lounge-milan-linate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2025\/02\/24\/my-review-of-british-airways-lounge-milan-linate\/","title":{"rendered":"My review of British Airways Lounge Milan Linate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To conclude my ITA mileage I&#8217;m flying back home on British Airways &#8211; I thought about flying ITA Airways and visiting their Milan lounge but the online rewards weren&#8217;t promising so I decided to book BA instead whose flight time suited me better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately there&#8217;s no Euro Traveller (economy) Avios availability so I had to pay more for Club Europe. To my surprise BA operates its own lounge at Linate so that&#8217;s another review post sorted \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-entrance.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-entrance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22535\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-entrance.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-entrance-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-entrance-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BA&#8217;s lounge was renovated in 2019 and it still strikes me as very new although five years have passed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22536\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22537\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from the entrance, it is hard to see much trace of British Airways in the entire lounge. In other words it is a lot plusher and classier, which makes total sense considering we are in Italy!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22538\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22539\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22540\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22541\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-work-zone-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I especially love the wine display with the foggy glass in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22542\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22543\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-bar-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Menu of the day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Green Lasagna Bolognese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vegetable cous cous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chicken curry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vegetable trio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bread &amp; Focaccia with oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22544\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22545\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22546\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/lin-british-airways-lounge-food-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The food presentation is dismal and it tastes no better (it&#8217;s British cuisine remember), and replenishing is slow. In addition to the hot food there are some salad, sandwiches and fruits up for grabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bottomline: British Airways&#8217; lounge at Milan Linate is beautiful and quiet (only used by BA and IB if I&#8217;m not mistaken), but tune your expectation down on food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To conclude my ITA mileage I&#8217;m flying back home on British Airways &#8211; I thought about flying ITA Airways and visiting their Milan lounge but the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,40],"tags":[113],"class_list":["post-22286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-british-airways","category-europe","tag-lounge-review"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22286"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22797,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286\/revisions\/22797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}