I did that once - said the hell with it and let them Xray - a couple of years ago. I left a couple of sheets of Tri-X in film holders coming back. The rest of the film got hand checked coming back but the film in the film holders went though the carry-on Xray with the camera.
I lost both sheets of Tri-X to fogging.
Now, this film was Xrayed once before it was exposed, and once afterwards. I've heard that exposure is sort of like pre-flashing for Xray, making the film that much more susceptible to fogging.
In any case, I'm not going to let them Xray my film. The risk of damage is too great.
It's drive for a couple of days, or send the film ahead for me. Everyone else, YMMV.
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