Here’s the travel industry’s secret pandemic recovery plan. You’re not going to like it.

EXCLUSIVE: Travel companies are raising their prices to make up for revenue lost during the plague.

You'll probably hate the travel industry's secret pandemic recovery plan. 

Alain Desarran does. He's trying to use a United Airlines ticket credit for a flight from Washington, D.C., to Beijing. Usually, it costs around $1,000 to fly to China roundtrip in economy class.

"Today, I looked at the fares through mid-June," says Desarran, a retired federal work…