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Show TRAVEL he SaltLakeTribune WM WHERE ARE YOU? H-4 My. H DECEMBER 24, 2000 @ CURRENCYCHART, H-5 LE OUTBAGK Amtrak Awards BonusPointsfor Frequent Riders maystill be slower than planes, but Amtrak passengers now can earn travel awards justlike airline frequentfliers. Amtrak's new Guest Rewards program bestows a minimum of two points for every dollar spent on Amtrak travel, which gotoward free train trips, hotel and car rental awards,retail certificates for a dozen familiar stores and restaurants — even airline miles toward free flights (on Continental, United and Midwest Express). Travelers can earn bonus points whentheyride on Amtrak’s Washington-to-Boston Metroliner and the long-awaited Acela Express, (earn 500 points pertrip in business class, 750 in first class on either train). There's also a 500point bonus for enrolling online (www.amtrak.com)as long as you then travel within 90 days. You can also enroll by calling 1-800-307-5000 (which merits 400 bonus points). — Newsday Q Ruom Rates Upin Las Vegas LAS VEGAS — Theaverage room rate paid bytourists at the Strip’s hotels in July, August and September was $180, compared with $158 for the same period in 1999, an increase of more than 13 percent. The average rates ranged from $87 a night at Circus Circus to $316 at the Venetian,according to a recentreport by the Wall Street investment company Bear, Stearns & Co. The rates reflect the prices quoted directly by the hotels to independenttravelers, as opposed to visitors who were booked in Above: Onetourist hoc his map:as-another-looks off into the distance at a collection of rock-carved sculptures on a ridge outside BrokenHill, Australia; @ well-known eeecoeniiy. Below:A sculpture of a horse's headfises from a ridge outside one Hill: conjunction with a convention, package tour or wholesaler, said Marc Falcone, a Bear, Stearns analyst. Among the more expensive rooms: Four Seasons, $295; New York-New York, $252; BROKEN HILL, Australia — fhe us Bellagio, $249; Caesars Palace, $225; Aladdin, $220; and Mandalay Bay, $213. Among the cheaperrates: Stardust, $99; Tropicana,$123; Excalibur and Luxor, $128; MGM Grand, vou drive lonely Outback dirt ae And that tralian sun is already blistering as the twice-weekly Indian Pacific pulls in just after 8 a.m.andbelchesus forth into a sleepy railroad station. The town is small by most standards — about15,000 people — but in this context, it seems like an oasis in the desert. Which,actually,it is. This is Broken Hill, home to generations of miners, Muse to talented Australian artists, operations base fora fleetofflying doctors — and the nearest community of any real size for hundredsof miles. $147; and Bally’s, $149. Room rates for New Year's Eve weekend are expected to run abouttwoto three times above normal, Strip hotel operators report. Last year, hotels quoted rates as much as 10 times abovenormal, butpricesfell at the 11th hour as bookings dropped amid the high rates and Y2Kfears. — The Los Angeles Times seven days is hardly enough to explore even the smallest corner of rural Australia, where the fascinations are as abundant as the dead kangaroos sprawled atthe side of lonely roadways. Mostoutsiders picture Australia as three things — Sydney,the beaches and the Outback. The photos of dusty little communities, endless orange terrain and riotous See OUTBACK,Page H-2 GREATrates available for New Year’s and Spring Break! 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