Thanks Mr Vikrant for the reply... I too travelled quite a bit in unreserved classes. If you simply told them what you were doing, they would give way! And in SR, certainly your seat is respected, as far as I know. Even in sectors like UP, Bihar, Maharashtra, they do respect it..at least they did when I was doing that! I remember once my boss called me from Calcutta asking me to be in Mumbai the next day, and I caught the Dadar express in an unreserved compartment, and lo and behold, an army sardar called me upto his berth, and we had a few pegs (his stock !). When in the morning, I wanted to go down and look out of the windows, they obliged! And my 'berth' was retained as well till Dadar! I suggest you take a trial, and check it out ... Murli