Cyclone Alfred, March 2025 - Booking/Rebooking Flights, Waivers

[Kefci2000]

Waiver Policies:
Qantas

Commercial and reward bookings policy for customers impacted by Cyclone Alfred | Qantas.com

Virgin Australia:

Tropical Cyclone Alfred updates

www.virginaustralia.com

JetStar:

Queensland – Tropical Cyclone Alfred | Travel Alerts - Jetstar

 

[bPeteb]

Am trying to decide whether a 7am flight tomorrow morning is too late from Brisbane? A bit of a rush to flight tonight

I think that you'll be fine. Wind increasing overnight but that's about all

 

[drron]

Well gusts to 89 mph and sustained 59kph. Getting high but should be fine.
Meanwhile the wind forecast for Friday at 9am when our flight is scheduled is totally different to 24 hours ago. Gusts to 59 mph and sustained 35 mph. So likely the flight will go on Friday. Should have waited before canceling.

Alfred has come back onto the BOM radar. Quite a way south of us now.

 

[DC3]

Oh, possibly a fizzer?

 

[markis10]

Well gusts to 89 mph and sustained 59kph. Getting high but should be fine.
Meanwhile the wind forecast for Friday at 9am when our flight is scheduled is totally different to 24 hours ago. Gusts to 59 mph and sustained 35 mph. So likely the flight will go on Friday. Should have waited before canceling.

Alfred has come back onto the BOM radar. Quite a way south of us now.

That’s not Alford on the BOM radar, it’s out of range, but rather a band of storms stretching from Lord Howe westwards, both are visible on the sat, Alford looks like a tumor at the bottom of the circle abeam OOL. The storms are part of Alfords effect thanks to the high pressure cell east of tas, they are moving west while Alford is ESE

 

[Brissy1]

Can't vouch for it's accuracy (edit, I mean the web site) but nice satellite picture

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[NM]

My house is DIRECTLY in the predicted tracking path. One could not draw that tracking line any closer to my place except perhaps if using a thinner line.



Hatches battened down ...

 

[jonboixxx]

4pm map confirms the turn and run for the coast. I'm still expecting to fly into BNE on Wednesday night and pick up 2 slabs of beer and 2 rolls of gaffa tape.

 

[drron]

Update by BOM at 5 pm QLD time. Confirmed that it has changed course and headed to BNE.


And good news for @NM. The line has moved a little south of your place. Best to be north of the cyclone.
And BOM radar shows what I have been showing is following the cyclone track. First 4pm.


Then 5pm.

 

[markis10]

My house is DIRECTLY in the predicted tracking path. One could not draw that tracking line any closer to my place except perhaps if using a thinner line.



Hatches battened down ...

Looks like it’s trending south, would not be surprised if reality sees it cross south of the CBD, probably Redlands City

 

[NM]

Looks like it’s trending south, would not be surprised if reality sees it cross south of the CBD, probably Redlands City

Keeping an "eye" on it, so to speak. Most of the bad weather normally splits around Redcliffe as it approaches - but that is normally from the opposite direction with Deception Bay and Bramble Bay sucking the weather towards the water masses.

 

[Brissy1]

Waiver Policies:
Qantas

Virgin Australia:

Tropical Cyclone Alfred updates

www.virginaustralia.com

JetStar:

Jetstar slightly better than Virgin. I booked my $73 JQ ticket to bne this morning (for Wednesday pm) and have been given flexibility; wouldn't if I'd booked Virgin. Contrary to most, if cyclone moves away I'll cancel.

 

[NM]

Update by BOM at 5 pm QLD time. Confirmed that it has changed course and headed to BNE.


And good news for @NM. The line has moved a little south of your place. Best to be north of the cyclone.
And BOM radar shows what I have been showing is following the cyclone track. First 4pm.

Indeed the predicted track line has been steadily south. Very happy to watch pass to our south from a northern vantage point. But the further south is tracks, the closer it aligns to my elderly mother's home and the surrounding trees. Cyclone making land-fall is never a good experience for those nearby. This is probably going to be the most populated area Australia has ever had a cyclone land crossing. Last time one his near Brisbane was 1974 (Zoe) and the population in the region has grown significantly in that time (grown in number, not just in size/weight).