The duh factor is high to say that having money will get you laid. The trick is to separate the alpha and beta factors that flow from being wealthy. I don't claim to have all the answers but I think I know enough to start a useful discussion.

The beta factor is easy enough to define: an exchange of resources for sex. Nerdy IT types and engineers can score a trophy wife on this alone.

Conceptually, the more difficult thing is to wrap your head around is the wealthy alpha type. What I would propose is that wealth itself is not the alpha signal but rather how one made their fortune and how one chooses to spend it.

A successful entrepreneur or rock star is qualitatively different from a techie at the same SES. While they can be betafied, they can also pull pussy without providing resources in return because their force of personality and talent is what draws the girls, not just the money.

If you need a fictional icon then watch the Showtime drama Billions. Protagonist Bobby Axelrod is married with kids but as a billionaire hedgefund manager he is portrayed marvelously alpha by actor Damien Lewis. The fact of his wealth is less important than how he got there, and that defines his alpha status.

On the spending side, never be ostentatious. I can't put my finger on it but it is a combination of magnaminity and style that translates wealth into status. Done right and women want to be with you, not to be resourced but because you are interesting enough to be with.

Done wrong and you are an ATM.