pvn

Well, if you have an old busted laptop, sure. New USB-C laptops can charge off of them, though.

In anycase, OP and most responders were specifically talking about USB chargers for phones and such.

Often1

I am still struggling to figure out the problem here. If there are two putlets and someone else uses one, that leaves one for OP. Perhaps a notional third passenger has an issue, but OP has not suggested this to be the case. Taken to an extreme, nobody should use the outlets ever.

Agreed that these things are best dealt with by a polite conversation. If that is worrisome, the cost of a dual adapter vs. a single adapter is so negligible as to be unimportant. In that case, the two outlets become three, four or whatever.

3Cforme

Outlet count isn't a worry with phone chargers but laptops will often challenge total power delivery limits.

daloosh

Huh, this is a neat little dongle, thanks for recommending it. I see there's another one, the Porta Pow, which delivers 2A, but I like to charge my phone with only 1A anyways.

Seems unlikely that Delta is trying to steal your data, but it's small and inexpensive and easy to leave connected to my lightning cable. And it can be useful off the plane, too.

tearex

Less Delta, more some other third-party.

No_Name

reimero

My hunch is that the original complaint is that he got stuck sitting next to a rude, entitled passenger who made it abundantly clear that etiquette was for suckers (butting to the front of the line, hogging bin space and apparently hogging the power outlet). Part of the issue stems from the fact that there are typically 2 outlets for 3 seats.

Anyway, my read on the situation is it's first-come, first-served where outlets are concerned, but that proper etiquette also requires that you free up the outlet when it's no longer needed, especially if you observe that your neighbor needs it. There's no etiquette violation for plugging a single device into the outlet rather than using a multiple adapter.
The only real hard and fast etiquette rule I know of where outlets are concerned is that it's rude to use ALL the outlets.

One other point on the IFE USB ports: in addition to (valid) security concerns, those are low power ports. They'll recharge an average phone at a relatively slow rate, but they're too underpowered for tablets and large-format phones/phablets.

FF524

reimero

Yes, status does have benefit, however, my PM status is not sufficiently superior to your PM status that I get to muscle my way to the front of the SKY boarding line because I'm feeling particularly self-important today. At least, that's kind of the vibe I got from OP.

Zorak

Sure, those actions were douchey, but what does that have to do with the power outlets? Remember, OP is the one who chose the thread title and focused on that aspect.

AANYC1981

I offer to share my charger and outlet when on those regional planes with one outlet per two seats in main cabin.......never had any issues. Isn't there also a USB port along with it too? So I'd be fine using that if someone else already took the main charger.

jdrtravel

BenA

FlyerTalker70

Whenever I travel I always bring this power cube with me:

In my years of travelling in Y on flights with power outlets or in lounges with limited outlets the worst complaint I ever got from anyone was, "Can I plug in to one of your free usb or power outlets?" This should be a mandatory tool for any frequent traveller IMHO since it has ends that you can hotswap to one of the three most common power outlet plugs (UK, USA and EU).

Safe Travels,

James

daloosh

My wife just bought an HP Spectre X360 on Cyber Monday, but has yet to unbox it. Can a regular (non USB-C) battery pack also charge the Spectre?