With ticket prices ever rising, senior travelers look for ways to beat the high cost of flying. So, we click on Priceline, Expedia and airline ads, hoping to find the best deals. However, we should be very careful that we don’t choose the really cheapest airline. Here are ways to know when that happens:

2. Seated just before take-off, out your window you can see a mechanic kick an aircraft tire, then burst into tears and kneel in prayer.

The flight attendants are busy asking: coffee, tea or farewell last wishes to your family.

The pilot intercom asks, “Anyone aboard know how to fix an engine doohickie?

When the aircraft is at cruising altitude, the intercom announces: You are now free to run up and down the aisles while screaming in panic.

The only books aboard are about doomed crashes: “The Hindenburg Story”, “Tale of the Titanic” and “Hillary’s Run For President”.