[Basel A]

Originally Posted by Bill Miller

(For instance, if you have to cross an ocean or a continent to reach the nearest event.)

You may not be assured exemption from now, but I think the above is a pretty good standard to consider. For example, Team 359 will have to cross an ocean for any regionals (except Hawai'i) that they attend; therefore, they will almost certainly receive an exemption from BaT for all of those regionals, if requested.

Any team that would consider Bag-and-Tag such a hassle that they'd choose to bag, crate, ship to a trusted acceptor, arrive at the competition's location early, pick up the robot from that acceptor on Wednesday, and finally find a way to get the robot from the first place to the other, will probably be granted an exemption, because they would need an exceptional reason to choose the gruelling, described option.