Originally Posted by
Blogndog
It's needed. I never get to use a passport through to expiry because the pages fill up first. Some countries require as many as 3 blank consecutive pages or they will not issue a visa.
Uh, it's needed for you. I don't need or want it, neither for myself nor my kids who also have an EU passport that we carry with us when we travel (so they already have double the pages by default). I don't travel that much to countries that require tons of passport space, and I'm happy to renew if and when it becomes necessary, even years before it expires. It's a risk I'm willing to take