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Lufthansa offers Apple’s Gray Powell free flight to Munich via Bavarian Beer Garden Business Lounge

Friday, April 23, 2010 · 10:23 am · 52 Comments

Lufthansa has posted an open letter to Apple’s Gray Powell via Twitpic:

MacDailyNews Take: If this is real, Nicola Lange deserves a raise.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Edward W." for the heads up.]

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IDArgyll

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:26 am · Reply

Hopefully this isn’t a joke. If it’s real, talk about adding insult to injury.
HMCIV

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:27 am · Reply

P.S. – Bring your phone!
bizlaw

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:28 am · Reply

What a brilliant way to get some marketing exposure by Lufthansa. All for the cost of one ad and a plane ticket.
Arnold Ziffel

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:29 am · Reply

If it’s legit, I say take ‘em up on their offer. German beer is THE best.
ajdowntown

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:31 am · Reply

That is a classy move Lufthansa, a totally support that. Incidentally, my trip to Europe this summer I just booked on Lufthansa, and am now proud of that… Now, if we could only convince airlines to put an iPhone/iPad charger in each seat, life would be great
TheMacAdvocate

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:33 am · Reply

“…we would also like to inform you that we have dispatched 2 of our most fervent “Brand Specialists” to Jason Chen’s house to introduce him to the business end of a jackboot.”
MacRick

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:35 am · Reply

If he needs a travel partner, I’m available.

MDN MW: points, as in How many points would it take to get a free ticket to Munich?
Tommy Boy

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:37 am · Reply

if it’s legit DON’T take ‘em up on the offer til AFTER the iPhone g4 launch.
tvopdx

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:41 am · Reply

If Gray falls for this he’s toast.
ploogman

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:41 am · Reply

its a joke, a marketing director would not fail to properly space the paragraphs

and its not that funny either
January 24, 1984

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:43 am · Reply

I wonder if he has some free time now?
Gabriel

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:47 am · Reply

This is yet one more reason why Gizmodo should be considered the absolute scum of the earth, for needlessly outing Mr. Powell and trampling all over his privacy in their handling of Apple’s stolen property.
Ubermac

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:53 am · Reply

Yeah, but only Bavarian beer… the other oh well.
SteveEmbalmer

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:56 am · Reply

Hmm, maybe Nicola Lange is a pseudonym for Steve Jobs…
Ship him off to Munich and get him out of Cupertino:)
PR

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 11:01 am · Reply

Yes, It’s a brilliant marketing move for Lufthansa
Yes, Gizmodo is scum
Yes, This was an advanced prototype but not the final product

Yes, It will only work to help Apple who will undoubtedly make a joke out of this at the rollout if they are smart bringing Powell out with a phone actually attached to his wrist with an “iChain”
Smoke

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 11:26 am · Reply

@PR
Brilliant! (and quite possible)
Jeff

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 11:36 am · Reply

I’m sure Apple gas rules against takeing such gifts and the fact he has to accept via Twitter would mean unless he is recently out of work there is no way he can take them up on this offer.
MidWest Mac

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 11:42 am · Reply

Can you picture Powell asking his supervisor for some vacation time?

“Umm, I’d just like to thank you guys in management again for not giving me the axe . . . Quick question . . . . Do you mind if I take the next few days off . . . There’s this great place overseas that serves top notch German beer, and, well, it seems they’d like to fly me over there . . . . you know, because of the incident.”

(Apple’s answer, which I’ll just let you imagine for yourself)

“Yes, I understand. I’ll just get back to work then.”
Big Als MBP

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 11:53 am · Reply

The invitation to drink German beer is real.

The real question is, does Grey Powell actually exist?
newton*

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 12:11 pm · Reply

She has to be the most brilliant marketing executive in the western world!

Apple, sign her up! And please, may Jobs have mercy on Gray’s soul (he seems like a nice dude).