In an on Friday, Lufthansa's Nicola C. Lange offers Powell a free flight to Munich, where he is invited to check out Lufthansa's new Bavarian Beer Garden Business Lounge.

"We all know how frustrating it can be to lose personal belongings," the letter states, "Especially when it is such ." (Is that the understatement of the year, or what?) The letter goes on to note, "with great interest," Powell's "passion for German beer and culture."

Powell reportedly lost the iPhone prototype in , a German beer garden located in Redwood City, California, right after updating his Facebook status to say: "I underestimated how good German beer is."

"We thought you could use a break soon -- and therefore would like to offer you complimentary Business Class transportation to Munich, where you can literally pick up where you last left off."

Not a bad deal, Gray -- sure, it probably doesn't make up for the fact that you lost Apple's, um, , but it's not a bad deal at all.