Chase Ultimate Rewards points post and become available when you statement closes. Here’s a nice tip for getting pending points posted quicker: When you product change from one Chase Ultimate Rewards card to another Chase Ultimate Rewards card, Chase immediately calculates out the pending points and posts them immediately to your balance. You should see the points as soon as the conversion happens, even by the next day.
This is something of a drastic move just to get points posted faster, but it’s useful for someone with a specific time-sensitive award booking in mind.
I just learned about this yesterday, though apparently it’s been known for some time. As always, keep in mind that you can’t product change within the first year.