It's funny that as punters our first thought is to pay.
You see a stupidly hot girl walking down the street? A punter most likely is thinking.. damn I wish she was a WL so I can have her for an hour.
Where as a confident guy will just take action, introduce himself and see how it goes. Then regardless ask for the number which would set up the first date that would lead to the second/third date when you would fuck her.
Punting will always exist so it probaly doesn't matter but I'm definitely reliant on it to fuck hot girls...