Snap!! I too am going to New York( this summer though) and we are staying at the Wellington, there have been good and bad reviews on the web, so we are just keeping our fingers crossed. Same goes for flying with Delta, I think you will be luckier flying from Manchester as I think they fly a bigger aircraft from there, but they only fly the 767/ 200 from Edinburgh, which is just a 3 + 3 seating plan!!! I have been googling Delta arlines and getting information from there. also if you are not going till 2009 then things may change either for the better or for the worse!!