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

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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. 

Christopher Elliott
Mar 7, 2021
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Here’s the travel industry’s secret pandemic recovery plan. You’re not going to like it.

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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…

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