Had a buddy deal with the same thing on Royal Caribbean last year, one letter off on his kid's name and they wanted to cancel and rebook the whole cabin. He ended up just eating the fee because fighting it wasn't worth the phone time. Their whole system is built so the easy fix costs you the most money.

Did you ever think about how the phone advice messed with your actual show format though? Like, 14 episodes in, you probably got used to talking in a certain way, kinda loose and whatever. Then you finally get a real mic and suddenly your voice sounds dry as hell because you're not fighting the room anymore. That switch can wreck your delivery more than the noise cleanup costs, honestly. Happened to a buddy of mine who did a true crime thing on his laptop, once he upgraded he sounded like a different person and people noticed. Sometimes the bad audio is what makes you sound human and relatable, not always a curse.