Ripped off by Google? Places API

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I vibe coded a home search tool that used google places. It made a little over 20k requests to their api overnight, which according to their estimator [1] should be about $150. My bill is $673

I made a ton of nearby searches, but their pricing [2] indicates that I barely got past their free tier

This isn't going to kill me, but I'd rather spend this money on my family. Anybody know if I could upgrade to a pro plan or contest this in any way?

1) https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator?dl=CjhDaVJtTkdJeU1EazFPUzAyTVRBMUxUUXlPREV0T1dFM01DMWtZMkUyTkdNM056UTJPV1VRQVE9PRA9GiQ3Q0Q2QjQ3My1DRDdELTQ2NEMtQUIxOC01QzMxMDcyQ0NBNzM

2) https://developers.google.com/maps/billing-and-pricing/pricing

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