EEA family member require airline ticket for Spanish visa

[Donutz]

the Spanish authorities deny that additional documents such as hotel and flight reservations are being requested.

Spanish Embassy (London)

http://es.vfsglobal.co.uk/london/eea_do ... uired.html
Proof of joint travel to Spain (i.e. confirmed, paid tickets to travel to Spain both for the applicant and the EU/EEA national), or of the intention to join the EU/EEA national who already is in Spain, ie proof of joint accommodation. If you are not able to provide these documents, please apply under the Tourist category and provide the documents listed

Spanish Embassy (Dublin)

http://www.vfsglobal.com/spain/ireland/ ... req.html#1
FAMILY MEMBERS OF EU CITIZENS
Proof they are traveling together or joining the EU spouse

Spanish Embassy SAN FRANCISCO

http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados ... ourist.pdf

9. Planned itinerary/printout of a roundtrip airline ticket: We highly recommend you not purchasing travel
tickets until your visa has been approved.

This is the first 3 I looked up, because there are in English
Are there any Spanish Consulates that don't ask for airline tickets from EU family members

You and/or Pinkpanter may wish to point those things out to bith the EU and Spanish MFA (the MFA afterall says it's embassies do not ask for tickets/reservations by default, but they clearly do at most Spanish embassies!).

[stonecold]

the Spanish authorities deny that additional documents such as hotel and flight reservations are being requested.

Spanish Embassy (London)

http://es.vfsglobal.co.uk/london/eea_do ... uired.html
Proof of joint travel to Spain (i.e. confirmed, paid tickets to travel to Spain both for the applicant and the EU/EEA national), or of the intention to join the EU/EEA national who already is in Spain, ie proof of joint accommodation. If you are not able to provide these documents, please apply under the Tourist category and provide the documents listed

Spanish Embassy (Dublin)

http://www.vfsglobal.com/spain/ireland/ ... req.html#1
FAMILY MEMBERS OF EU CITIZENS
Proof they are traveling together or joining the EU spouse

Spanish Embassy SAN FRANCISCO

http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados ... ourist.pdf

9. Planned itinerary/printout of a roundtrip airline ticket: We highly recommend you not purchasing travel
tickets until your visa has been approved.

This is the first 3 I looked up, because there are in English
Are there any Spanish Consulates that don't ask for airline tickets from EU family members

I believe that the Spanish vfs website has been updated in 2014. I remember when I applied visa as an EEA family member to travel to Spain in 2012 with my EEA wife, I was also asked the travelling ticket etc (but that was not mentioned on their website until this year). It was clearly stated that if you are a family member of an EEA, you do not need to provide airline ticket or hotel bookings etc. They just updated their website with unlawful requirements.

Pinkpanter have you applied for compensation/redress yet?