Cheap Flights To Australia : Bargain hunters camped outside STA

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The would-be travellers want cheap flights to Australia set up camp outside the offices of STA Travel in Victoria, central London, on Sunday, three days before the promotion begins today.Tickets in the “£10 Pom” promotion go on sale from 8am Wednesday at eight branches across Britain.First in the queue to get cheap flights to Australia were friends Rosie Emeny, from Romford, Essex, and Ashleigh McPherson, both 22, from Chadwell Heath, east London.

Miss Emeny, a sports science graduate, said: “We got here on Sunday and by Wednesday morning will have been here three nights to get cheap flights to Australia. We have been quite lucky with the weather and we are absolutely loving being first in the queue.

“The tickets will be saving us about £600 - this was too good an opportunity to give up. I wanted to go to Australia anyway and we heard about this at around the same time. Anyone who thinks we are mad for camping out is just jealous! “I’m planning to just travel and we have got a year’s visa so I’ll definitely be out there until then.”

Miss McPherson, a politics graduate from Nottingham University, said: “The atmosphere has been really good and everyone has been really friendly. We have passed the time playing cards and reading.”This deal will save us so much money once we are out there for things like rent or even a bungee jump.”

Alice Edwards, 18, from Amersham, who plans to go to university in Australia, said “It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get cheap flights to Australia - it’s just amazing. You won’t get an offer like this every week.”Camping out might seem a bit extreme but it has been a really good laugh. It has been a real festival atmosphere - everyone has been having a few drinks and enjoying themselves.”People have made friends in the queue - a few of us are planning to meet up once we are out there.”

The bargain echoes the thousands of Brits who migrated en masse to Australia by boat in the 1950s for £10.The promotion to celebrate STA’s 30th anniversary is open to anyone aged between 18 to 30 with a 12-month working holiday visa for Australia.