You should aim for a solution as good or better than O(n + (m * k)) time and O(n) space, where n is the number of cities, m is the number of flights, and k is the number of stops.

Consider this as a graph problem where the cities are nodes and the flights are edges connecting two cities, with the ticket cost as the edge weight. Can you think of a shortest path algorithm to solve the problem? Perhaps a better algorithm than Dijkstra's that can intuitively handle the k stops condition.

We can use the Bellman-Ford algorithm. Initialize a prices array of size n with Infinity, setting prices[source] = 0. These values describe the cost to reach a city from the source city. Iterate (k + 1) times (stops are 0-indexed), updating the cost to each city by extending paths from cities with valid costs. We only update the cost for a city if it is less than the previous cost. How would you implement this?

At each level of iteration, we go through the given flights and use them to update the price array with the minimum costs compared to the previous level. We use a temporary prices array at each level to store the updated costs. After completing all levels, we return the result stored in prices[dst]. If that value is Infinity, we return -1 instead.