Julie Daniels, head of rewards at comparethemarket.com said: ‘’Splitting the bill often divides opinion, as our research shows. But one thing is for sure, people are looking forward to dining out again and plan to make up for lost time. ‘’As restaurants continue to reopen their doors, we have expanded our Meerkat Meals reward to give our customers even more choice and to make splitting the bill a little easier.” Avoiding uncomfortable situations It also emerged 42 per cent have agreed to pay more than they wanted to avoid an uneasy situation, while the same amount have also done it simply to look good.