None of this is exceptional; thousands of travelers do these things daily. But this flight is my first, very pleasant experience with in-flight power connections that are rather effortless. Each seat has a USB port for charging devices, as well as a 110-volt outlet for two- and three-prong electrical plugs.

The USB port was good enough for my iPhone, but it didn’t charge the iPad. For that, I had to plug an adapter into the power socket and occasionally repeat the process to keep the charge going. But I started at 88 percent charge and am at 96 percent now, which isn’t bad after a couple of hours of work and listening.