Camping queues for £49 return flights to Thailand

The return flights to Bangkok cost just £49 Credit: Reuters

Holidaymakers desperate to snap up £49 return flights to Thailand have started queuing up outside a travel agent - 33 hours before they go on sale.

Student and backpacking holiday company STA Travel are hosting a flash sale to Bangkok at two UK stores starting from 9am on Thursday.

The 98 tickets go on sale at the branches in Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London, and Corporation Street, in Birmingham.

Already by Wednesday, between 30 and 40 back-packers could be seen camping on the street and bedding down for the night on deck chairs and in tents.

Some hopefuls have been queuing since 12.30am on Wednesday.