APCOA PCN Manchester Airport Drop-off

mesiste

Hi all,

A quick update on my appeal.

I can confirm another success, I made the appeal on the 20/01/26 using the template from this thread and today 03/02/26 I received an email stating that they are cancelling the parking charge.

Thanks again for your help.

Davisonjames

Hi All!

I won an appeal back in August at Manchester airport (whoo)!! However I’ve had a rental car via work and the parking company I booked with parked in the pickup drop off area when I collected. This was last year…today I’ve received notification Ill be the lucky winner of a deduction from my salary of 100 + £25 admin fee via the lease company. I’m loathed to pay this as I know this can be appealed and cancelled.

apcoa / europcar

Where would you go experienced people go with this?!
thanks in advance!

toyflinger22

Another success with this, the "offence" occurred @ Manchester airport a couple of weeks back.

kerakae

hey all. This is all good stuff. I work for a government official and hear horror stories about parking “fines” all the time. Not sure where we’re up to with the statutory code of conduct, but we need one/a better one.

My partner forgot to pay these ridiculous charges recently and we received a DRP letter, which we’re going to ignore resoundingly. When your profit model is threaten people until they pay, you belong in prison with the loan sharks.

We’re looking at selling our car imminently and will probs not stay in this house for six years. My question is this: do I need to update my address with either APCOA or DRP, as per the advice on RAC? Seems counter-productive to me, but also don’t want to leave the next owners to deal with these dumb letters or explain to them that they should be okay ignoring them.

Umkomaas

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81890973#Comment_81890973

The ‘danger’ is not to future occupiers of your current property, but rather to you. There’s plenty of evidence over the years that erstwhile litigiously benign parking firms, suddenly change their spots and commence court proceedings against their entire back catalogue of unpaid parking charges. Safety first - inform APCOA and any other third party involved in your PCN of any change of address in the next 6 years.

kerakae

Will do. Thanks for the advice everyone. This is an incredibly useful thread.

Airportscandal

Hi Helpful People,

could I ask if this works for East Midlands airport also? I dropped my daughter at 4am. I knew I would forget to pay the £5 charge. So I tried to prepay half an hour before we left home. The website would not let me unless I set up an account which I didn't have time for. I then set an alarm for my return home to remind me to pay. But I must have been somewhere else when the alarm went off, probably asleep! Then I just honestly forgot until 48hrs later. As soon as I remembered, I tried to telephone APCOA, but I couldn't get through. Then I read these threads here. We have now received the PCN. But haven't responded as yet. Please help.

ChirpyChicken

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81898105#Comment_81898105

It works there 100%

toyflinger22

Reporting success with this again !!. Made a wrong turn at Manchester and drove through the pickup/dropoff. Received a £60 charge for "parking" for 1 minute and 3 seconds. Anyway, the appeal process worked and APCOA gave up.

villab0y

another success story here. Used the template. Appealed as keeper. Today received the letter to say it has been cancelled.

Thanks all! (Again)