Is it good practice to query call to check state before performing an intercanister call?

Is it good practice to query call to check state before performing an intercanister call?for example, A) the app motoko canister will query calls icrc1 balance & icrc2 allowance before update calls icrc2 transfer from. the reason i want to do this is to fail early & save the cycles cost on update intercanister call. but the weakness is the current call will be slower due to the query…This forum reads and writes through the Internet Computer from your browser, so the discussion itself needs JavaScript enabled.