Peanut warning...

Remember the old days, when the airlines served you a real meal?

It's a five hour flight to Hawaii from San Francisco, so we were relieved to find our tickets stamped, "LUNCH," and "NON-STOP." But if it said, "SNACK" we knew we were in for a bag of pretzels and peanuts. (By the way, did you ever notice the warning label on the bag? It's there in fine print on the back side, "This bag may contain peanuts.")

But not so with Hawaiian Airlines. A real lunch was served piping hot and with plenty of refills of coffee or soft drinks. Teriaki chicken over rice, vegies, salad, roll and butter, a square of chocolate cake, and more coffee. Really.

Two Hawaiian flight attendants came toward us with big smiles. They served us each a glass of champagne, saying, "We decided to give you the 'Couple of the Flight Award.'" No one else was given any. I guess it was because we cleaned our plates.