Originally Posted by
Ballz
You are wrong that had I another ticket to leave AU would be irrelevant. If I had an onward flight on Virgin or another airline (Qantas, United, etc) I would not need to apply for AU visa as I would be seen as a transit passenger and wouldn’t have this issue.
Point of this post as I already mentioned is for it to be cautionary tale for those attempting to transit AU on two separate airlines who may not have a transit agreement in place
But your ticket is irrelevant to that airline if they don't have an agreement.
AirAsia is a low cost carrier who will barely transfer you within their own airline let alone any other. This is almost known the world over with low cost carriers. For sure some may have agreements with airlines, but most do not.