Just found out about another customer-unfriendly enhancement to the RTW program.

You are now allowed 10 "free" stops on the ticket. Every stop after that is extra money, $100 (not sure if it's more for more stops). This restriction is separate (but alongside) the other restrictions on how many stops you can have on each continent.

NWA has also discontinued Circle The Pacific fares, you can't buy them through the airline anymore.

NWA is still selling RTW tickets, but the more restrictive these tickets get, the more likely it is that customers are going to go through bucket shops or agencies that specialize in RTW itineraries. Which would then mean the airline may just end up pulling and not offering RTW tickets for sale. This is a pity, since all of this is going to cost NWA money and customers-who-wouldn't-ordinarily-fly-NWA in the long run.