Facetime vs. My Apple ID email address violation

I have an Apple ID which I am not using but unfortunately I have created this account using my @me.com email address. I have another account which I for years have used for iTunes and for all our iOS devices in the family. Now, I would like to add the @me.com/@icloud.com to FaceTime on all our iOS devices. At the same time I would like to in FaceTime keep using also the email address (not an @me.com/@icloud.com address) which is linked to my active iTunes account.
However, I run into the problem that this address is linked to my inactive Apple ID and I am not able to change the email address. Consequently, I get the "Unable to verify email because it is already in use by another Apple ID" message and cannot use my @me.com/@icloud.com address for FaceTime.
When searching for solutions on the Apple Support Community it seems that I am not able to find a solution to this problem. As I understand I cannot use an email address in FaceTime which is linked to another Apple ID - which is logical. Possible solutions as I see it could be either to
- 1: Close my inactive Apple ID and by this releasing my @me.com/@icloud.com email address
- 2: Change the email address in my inactive Apple ID and by this releasing my @me.com/@icloud.com email address
- 3: Migrate everything to my inactive Apple ID including my non @me.com/@icloud.com email address and make this account active
- 4: Forget about using the email adresses I have at the moment in the two Apple IDs at the same time?
As I understand it the two solutions which would be easiest for me (1+2) are not supported by Apple and I only see the the migration of Apple ID.
Any other ideas on what I can do?

If you mean you are trying to change the Apple ID used on your phone to purchase from the iTunes store, go to Settings>Store, tap on the ID at the bottom, sign out and sign back in using the ID you want to use.

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