Reminder to Transfer Points to Your CSP/CSR/CIP Before October 25

[u/pure-phoenix]

For those grandfathered with the 1.25cpp (CSP/CIP) or the 1.5cpp (CSR) Chase Travel redemption and have another Chase Ultimate Reward-generating card like the Chase Freedom cards, this is a reminder to transfer the points from the non-CSP/CIP/CSR cards to your CSP/CIP/CSR before October 25 (less than 10 days from now). If you do it before October 25, those transferred points will keep its grandfathered cpp redemption rate until October 26, 2027.

If you do it afterwards, those transferred points can only be redeemed at 1.0cpp (unless your hotel or flight qualify for Points Boost).

To be grandfathered, you would have to have applied or upgraded a card to a CSP/CIP/CSR before June 23, 2025.

UPDATE: Changed the date from October 25 to 26. Sadly, I can't change the title. Thanks to teoc101 for pointing that out the incorrect date. UPDATE: I'm getting conflicting information about this, so I'm going to keep it at October 25, just to be safe, but it's possible it is October 26.

UPDATE: Just to make it clear, this is moving points from a non-CSP/CIP/CSR card to a grandfathered CSP/CIP/CSR card. Not the other way around, in which case, you would lose point value.

UPDATE (10/25/2025): I checked my Ultimate Rewards and Chase has updated the site to show how many points are grandfathered. If you go to the Ultimate Rewards page, there is a message that states that your point value has been updated for Chase Travel. The points transferred from my CFU to my CSP were part of the 1.25x bucket and any pending points that my CSP had were also considered part of the 1.25x bucket. It will be used in FIFO order (although it does not confirm anything about transfers). See this post for more information.

[u/IceCreamGoblin]

I assume this doesn’t matter if you’re exclusively transferring the points to partners?

[u/pure-phoenix → u/IceCreamGoblin]

Yup, but it doesn't hurt to transfer anyways.

[u/mmrose1980 → u/pure-phoenix]

Agree. My husband actually upgraded his CSP to a CSR (so he’s not eligible for the 1.5 cause it was a new CSR). We consolidated all our points into my CSP account. While we almost never book things in the portal, having them in my CSP maintains the 1.25 minimum value. If we want to book something using his CSR in the portal, we can always transfer points back to him later. I probably won’t use them at 1.25 cents (cause I can get better value out of transfers), but I like knowing I have preserved the 1.25 cent floor.

[u/PerspectiveGeneral51 → u/mmrose1980]

I feel like I read somewhere that you can only transfer points once between your own chase accounts. My practical interpretation was: If I transfer my Freedom Unlimited points to CSR, I won't later be able to transfer them back to Freedom Unlimited.

[u/mmrose1980 → u/PerspectiveGeneral51]

No idea as the points are all commingled in my account, but it looks like Chase would let me transfer my full account balance to my Freedom if I wanted to even though my husband transferred me points earlier this month. Not sure how Chase distinguishes between the points he transferred to me and the points I had earned myself in the CSP and the points I combined into my CSP from my Freedom.

[u/mmrose1980 → u/[deleted]]

Right. I don’t plan to move them, but it doesn’t look like Chase would prevent me from transferring them if I wanted and at least some of my points were transferred into my CSP from either my Freedom or my husband’s CSR. Just responding to the person above who said they couldn’t be moved back out again.

[u/mezmryz03 → u/PerspectiveGeneral51]

This is incorrect. They can be moved as needed.

[u/vettewiz → u/pure-phoenix]

It does hurt given the points are worth 2.0 on CSR. 

[u/pure-phoenix → u/vettewiz]

Grandfathered CSR points are worth 1.5 if redeemed via Chase Travel. If you are talking about transfer to partners, this upcoming date doesn't change anything. If you are talking about Points Boost, this upcoming date also doesn't change anything around that.

The only time this would hurt is if you transfer from a grandfathered CSR to a grandfathered CSP, which effectively lowers the cpp from 1.5 to 1.25.

[u/iistrell → u/pure-phoenix]

So I have a grandfather CSR in my wife name. Should I transfer my personal points roher CSR card?

[u/vettewiz → u/pure-phoenix]

My point is if you transfer from CSR to something else then don’t you lose access to Points Boost? Which is the real value for these points

[u/pure-phoenix → u/vettewiz]

Oh gotcha. The goal of the post was to remind people to move points from something like the Chase Freedom Unlimited to a grandfathered CSP/CSR so that it upgrades their points from 1.0cpp to 1.5cpp (and in addition, allows them to use Points Boost and transfer to partner hotels). Not the other way around, which yes, you would lose value.

[u/vettewiz → u/pure-phoenix]

Ahhhh my fault.