Jumping through a URL multiple times increases requests and makes it difficult to identify errors during operation. Make sure you can link directly from your old address to your current final address, and organize any internal links to point to your final address.
Before changing the redirect, make sure the content in the destination replaces the original page. We do not send any addresses to unrelated homepages. The test looks at the response code, final page, redirect loops, and whether tracking parameters are preserved.