If I change my apple ID to a different one will I loose all my purchases from my existing ID

Hi There
I currently have several email addresses that I no longer use for email - because I now use the address that ends @me.com as my primary email address, and so I am cleaning up my digital life, by deleting these unused email addresses.
The problem is, one of these unused email addresses that ends in @btinternet.com is also my Apple ID for iTunes and the App Store. I know I can change this to something else, so I thought I would change it to my Windows Live address ending @hotmail.com (I need to keep this because its used for my XBOX Live Account).
So if I change my Apple ID to my @hotmail.com account, I will then have only three email addresses, my @hotmail.com address used for my XBOX Live account and my Apple ID, an @gmail.com address, used for password recovery, and my @me.com address, which is used as my primary email address.
That will be better than have lots and lots of different email addresses, but here is the question: If I change my Apple ID to my @hotmail.com, will I still be able to access my purchases from iTunes and the App Store that I bought usinfg my @btinternet.com ID. This is very important because I have spend 100s of pounds on music, videos and apps from iTunes, as well as purhased software and OS X upgrades from the App Store.
I will be deleting my @btinternet.com email address from the BT/Yahoo service, so the address will no longer be active. When I was reading Apple's help and support, it said that "Apple recomends that you use an active email address".
Can someone advise me
Thanks
jason

when you change your Apple iD it's pretty much changing the visual email, i guess that doesn't really answer your question, yes you keep your purchases, it just changes the log-in email and email where newsletters , etc. go to.

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